Reaction Dynamics (company)
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Bachar Elzein |
| Headquarters | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | Bachar Elzein (CEO) Maxime Goulet-Bourdon (Director of Operations) Rémi Lecerf (Director of Strategy) |
| Products | Orbital launch vehicles Hybrid rocket engines |
Number of employees | 37 (2022) |
| Website | https://reactiondynamics.space |
Reaction Dynamics is a Canadian aerospace company headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, specializing in hybrid rocket propulsion and small satellite launch vehicles. Founded in 2017, the company is developing a light launch vehicle called Aurora, designed to deliver small payloads into low Earth orbit using hybrid rocket engines. The first suborbital flight of Aurora was planned for 2025, followed by an orbital flight targeted for 2028.
Reaction Dynamics was founded in 2017 in Montreal by aerospace engineer Bachar Elzein with the objective of developing a low-cost hybrid-propulsion rocket system. The company has received multiple research and development contributions from the Canadian Space Agency under its Space Technology Development Program. The largest of these was a grant of CAD 1.5 million awarded in 2020.[1]
In the same year, Reaction Dynamics completed a CAD 5 million funding round to acquire industrial equipment for its rocket manufacturing facilities.[1]
In May 2022, CEO Bachar Elzein stated that the company had secured letters of intent from approximately a dozen prospective customers across Canada, the United States, and Europe, with a combined potential contract value approaching CAD 500 million.[2]
Later in May 2022, Reaction Dynamics signed an agreement with Canadian launch provider Maritime Launch Services to conduct suborbital and orbital launches from the Canso Spaceport in Nova Scotia.[3]