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# Exploration Company tests Typhoon engine pre-burner, backed by CNES
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-02-13-exploration-company-typhoon-preburner-test/
- Published: 2025-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T05:00:56.000Z
- Description: The Exploration Company ran a first test campaign for the pre-burner of its CNES co-financed Typhoon rocket engine. The 16-test campaign reached about 16 seconds of stable combustion before hardware failures ended it.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [European Spaceflight, 14 February 2025](https://europeanspaceflight.com/the-exploration-company-tests-pre-burner-for-high-thrust-rocket-engine/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the Typhoon engine reaches its target thrust or ever flies on a vehicle.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)