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Ethereal Exploration Guild unveils 150-acre rocket test site in Andhra Pradesh
Ethereal Exploration Guild unveils 150-acre rocket test site in Andhra Pradesh
Bengaluru-based Ethereal Exploration Guild on Friday, 16 October 2026, unveiled The Anchorage, a 150-acre rocket engine development and testing facility in Space City, Andhra Pradesh, about 40 km from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The facility's Pegasus Horizontal Static Test Facility has a pressure-fed rocket engine testing capability rated at 210 bar, which the company says is India's highest-pressure-rated capability of its kind.
The company plans to conduct the first hot-fire test of its Pegasus upper-stage engine at The Anchorage in November 2026. The Guild is developing Razor Crest Mk-1, a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, and is also building infrastructure to test its Stallion booster engine and integrated rocket stages. The facility will eventually bring propulsion testing, stage qualification, manufacturing and refurbishment under one roof.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Ethereal Exploration Guild announced their new space test facility which should help India's private space industry. The company plans to test its Pegasus upper-stage engine in November 2026 at The Anchorage, 40 km from Sriharikota.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): cnbctv18.com (neutral report), economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report)
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