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We Flew. Our First Commercial Mission On Mini Meggs.
Our first commercial mission on Mini Meggs is done. The engine lit, the flight was stable, and our customers' payloads came home. Here's how launch day unfolded at Red Sands.
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Why Flying Early and Often Gets You to Results Faster
Traditional access to microgravity is slow, expensive, and infrequent. High cadence suborbital changes that. Here’s why flying early and often is the fastest path to results for space tech teams and researchers.
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Designing Your First Payload: What You Need to Know Before You Fly
Everything you need to know before designing your first suborbital payload, from mechanical fit and power to data and the flight environment. A practical guide for researchers and hardware teams flying on Mini Meggs for the first time.
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TRL Explained: How Suborbital Flight Accelerates Your Path to Space
TRL, Technology Readiness Level, is the nine-point scale that separates a good idea from a commercially viable one. This post breaks down what each level means, why the jump to TRL 9 is where most hardware teams stall, and how suborbital flight is giving teams a faster, cheaper path to get there.
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Australia’s Newest Rocket Flies for Customers This March
Sunburnt Space has confirmed its March 2026 launch window live on the Aussienaut stream, marking the company’s transition from development into scheduled commercial flight. The campaign will include three Mini Meggs suborbital launches, flying real customer payloads and livestreamed publicly from White Cliffs, NSW.
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The Moment a Rocket Stops Being a Prototype
There’s a moment when a rocket stops being a prototype and starts becoming a launch service. That shift isn’t driven by technology alone, but by customers, integration work, and the responsibility to deliver flights reliably and repeatedly.
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About Sunburnt Space Co
Sunburnt Space Co (SSCo) is the proving ground for the space economy. The Australian company flies commercial suborbital missions from White Cliffs, NSW, giving science and hardware teams affordable, frequent access to real space conditions, with payloads recovered and returned. Its fleet, led by the Mini Meggs suborbital vehicle, is built to fly cheap and often, with Ginger Meggs and Meggs 11 extending the same proving-ground model toward orbit. Where Space Begins.