Lift off as Dublin firm to develop rocket engines for space missions

A DUBLIN-based firm is to develop the next generation of rocket engine technologies to be used for future space exploration missions by the European Space Agency (ESA).

AMPAC-ISP Europe, which is headquartered in Dublin, won the contract — with an initial value of €2 million split between the Irish and British divisions of Ampac.

The company will develop new processes, materials and technologies to improve the performance of engines used in spacecraft orbit insertion and other in-space propulsion manoeuvres.