Apr 2, 2025
Drop Test
Reditus Space completes a drop test, demonstrating the ability to recover a spacecraft in free fall.
Test
Test Description
Reditus Space completes a drop test, showing the ability to recover a spacecraft in free fall.
Reditus Space recently completed a major milestone in the development of our re-entry platform: a successful airdrop test of a full-scale spacecraft mockup. Released from an aircraft at operational altitude, the test article executed its descent profile exactly as predicted, validating our aerodynamic models, separation dynamics, and recovery sequence. The vehicle descended cleanly, stabilized as intended, and touched down safely—demonstrating the robustness of our design and the reliability of our recovery architecture.
Test Purpose
Test Purpose
The next step in Reentry development
This test marks a critical step toward our upcoming orbital demonstration missions. By proving our ability to safely deploy, descend, and recover a vehicle under realistic flight conditions, we’ve de-risked several core elements of the ENOS system, including flight stability, parachute performance, and terminal landing behavior. It’s an important confirmation that our re-entry platform can not only survive the extreme conditions of spaceflight, but return to Earth in a controlled, repeatable, and operationally scalable way. More testing is underway as we continue building the world’s first high-frequency commercial orbital return service.
Test Success
Test Success
What does this mean for the future.
The success of this drop test also showcases the strength of our rapidly growing engineering and operations team. In just months, we designed, fabricated, instrumented, and flight-qualified a test article capable of capturing the data needed to validate our models at scale. The performance we saw in the air and on the ground reflects the same philosophy driving ENOS as a whole: build fast, test often, learn aggressively, and iterate toward a system that can deliver reliable, routine access to microgravity return for commercial and government customers.
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FAQ
FAQ
01
Why zero-gravity?
02
So you compete with SpaceX?
03
What's worth making in space?
04
Isn't it way too expensive?
05
Is this even possible?
01
Why zero-gravity?
02
So you compete with SpaceX?
03
What's worth making in space?
04
Isn't it way too expensive?
05
Is this even possible?
Apr 2, 2025
Drop Test
Reditus Space completes a drop test, demonstrating the ability to recover a spacecraft in free fall.
Test
Test Description
Reditus Space completes a drop test, showing the ability to recover a spacecraft in free fall.
Reditus Space recently completed a major milestone in the development of our re-entry platform: a successful airdrop test of a full-scale spacecraft mockup. Released from an aircraft at operational altitude, the test article executed its descent profile exactly as predicted, validating our aerodynamic models, separation dynamics, and recovery sequence. The vehicle descended cleanly, stabilized as intended, and touched down safely—demonstrating the robustness of our design and the reliability of our recovery architecture.
Test Purpose
The next step in Reentry development
This test marks a critical step toward our upcoming orbital demonstration missions. By proving our ability to safely deploy, descend, and recover a vehicle under realistic flight conditions, we’ve de-risked several core elements of the ENOS system, including flight stability, parachute performance, and terminal landing behavior. It’s an important confirmation that our re-entry platform can not only survive the extreme conditions of spaceflight, but return to Earth in a controlled, repeatable, and operationally scalable way. More testing is underway as we continue building the world’s first high-frequency commercial orbital return service.
Test Success
What does this mean for the future.
The success of this drop test also showcases the strength of our rapidly growing engineering and operations team. In just months, we designed, fabricated, instrumented, and flight-qualified a test article capable of capturing the data needed to validate our models at scale. The performance we saw in the air and on the ground reflects the same philosophy driving ENOS as a whole: build fast, test often, learn aggressively, and iterate toward a system that can deliver reliable, routine access to microgravity return for commercial and government customers.
FAQ
01
Why zero-gravity?
02
So you compete with SpaceX?
03
What's worth making in space?
04
Isn't it way too expensive?
05
Is this even possible?
Apr 2, 2025
Drop Test
Reditus Space completes a drop test, demonstrating the ability to recover a spacecraft in free fall.
Test
Test Description
Reditus Space completes a drop test, showing the ability to recover a spacecraft in free fall.
Reditus Space recently completed a major milestone in the development of our re-entry platform: a successful airdrop test of a full-scale spacecraft mockup. Released from an aircraft at operational altitude, the test article executed its descent profile exactly as predicted, validating our aerodynamic models, separation dynamics, and recovery sequence. The vehicle descended cleanly, stabilized as intended, and touched down safely—demonstrating the robustness of our design and the reliability of our recovery architecture.
Test Purpose
The next step in Reentry development
This test marks a critical step toward our upcoming orbital demonstration missions. By proving our ability to safely deploy, descend, and recover a vehicle under realistic flight conditions, we’ve de-risked several core elements of the ENOS system, including flight stability, parachute performance, and terminal landing behavior. It’s an important confirmation that our re-entry platform can not only survive the extreme conditions of spaceflight, but return to Earth in a controlled, repeatable, and operationally scalable way. More testing is underway as we continue building the world’s first high-frequency commercial orbital return service.
Test Success
What does this mean for the future.
The success of this drop test also showcases the strength of our rapidly growing engineering and operations team. In just months, we designed, fabricated, instrumented, and flight-qualified a test article capable of capturing the data needed to validate our models at scale. The performance we saw in the air and on the ground reflects the same philosophy driving ENOS as a whole: build fast, test often, learn aggressively, and iterate toward a system that can deliver reliable, routine access to microgravity return for commercial and government customers.
FAQ
Why zero-gravity?
So you compete with SpaceX?
What's worth making in space?
Isn't it way too expensive?
Is this even possible?