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SpaceForest hits required burn time for Polish PERUN rocket engine

Polish rocket builder SpaceForest test fired its SF-1000 hybrid engine for 39 seconds, matching the burn time its PERUN suborbital rocket needs to reach space, a milestone part funded by EUR 2.4 million from ESA's Boost! programme.

Reported AI-drafted European Spaceflight, 27 February 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish that PERUN's next test flight, still a few months off, will succeed or reach its target altitude.

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.

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