Inter Orbital Systems, a New Space firm out of Mojave, California, has successfully completed test firings of its new rocket engine. The engine has basically the same oomph as a rocket using liquid oxygen as a fuel, but uses a fuel based on, of all things, turpentine. While LOX has to be stored in a supercold state, the turpentine can be held in a rocket tank virtually indefinitely.
IOS plans to begin satellite launches next year, and has already sold out the first two manifests.
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