Hypr Space

HyPrSpace (Hybrid Propulsion for Space) is a French industrial company building suborbital and orbital launch services around a scalable hybrid rocket engine covered by its own patents. Hybrid propulsion combines a solid fuel with a liquid oxidizer; the company positions this as capturing the thrust modulation and performance of liquid engines while retaining the simplicity and low cost of solid motors. Its launcher family is branded "Baguettes", comprising the suborbital demonstrator Baguette One and the orbital vehicle Orbital Baguette One (OB1).

The core technical claim is a thin, annular combustion chamber said to hold efficiency stable from lift-off to orbit independently of rocket size, paired with a pressure-fed architecture using a helium tank to push the oxidizer into the chamber, removing the turbopump found in most rocket engines. The company states this cuts launcher cost by 40% and uses roughly 30 times fewer parts than conventional engines, and that solid HDPE fuel with a liquid oxidizer cannot react without deliberate ignition, reducing explosion risk and easing storage and operations. Recycled HDPE is used as fuel for availability and lower carbon footprint.

The company describes itself as backed by CNES, European institutions and private investors, and works under two flagship programs: PADA1, a France 2030 / Bpifrance microlauncher project led by HyPrSpace with CT Engineering and Telespazio France, and R2D2, a CNES commercial contract for five launches of payloads up to 235 kg to low Earth orbit.

Business model

Sale of launch services on hybrid-propulsion launchers, with dedicated, lead and shared flight options across payload classes from picosatellites and cubesats to smallsats under 250 kg and medium satellites of 250 kg and above; development is co-funded through public programs and institutional contracts.

Revenue from launch service contracts and institutional development contracts.

Traction

Two flagship programs: the PADA1 microlauncher development contract under France 2030 and Bpifrance, in a consortium with CT Engineering and Telespazio France, and R2D2, a first commercial contract with CNES for five launches of up to 235 kg to low Earth orbit; hot-fire test campaigns have been run on DGA facilities and the team has grown to about 90-100 people.