Indulis Kalnins becomes new CEO at RFA

April 11, 2025

Augsburg, Germany, 11th April 2025 – The supervisory board of Rocket Factory Augsburg has appointed Prof. Dr. Indulis as the new chairman of the company’s management board. Prof. Dr. Kalnins succeeds Dr. Stefan Tweraser.

With Prof. Dr. Kalnins comes an experienced space engineer to the company who will lead the way to the first launch of RFA ONE. Together with the RFA team he will focus entirely on the successful initial test flight of the rocket: „I have known RFA since it was founded almost seven years ago and have always followed its progress with great interest. I have been working with RFA for some time now, so I know that I have a great, motivated, and technically excellent team that is eager to get off to a successful launch as quickly as possible “, says Indulis Kalnins. Kalnins has a wide range of expertise and a large network thanks to his various professional positions in both education and in the space industry.

Jean-Jacques Dordain, chairman of the supervisory board at RFA, explains: „We would like to thank Dr. Stefan Tweraser for his commitment and his time at RFA. For the tasks that now lie ahead, we are focusing on technical progress and the path to the launchpad. With the wide range of skills that Dr. Kalnins brings to a highly motivated team, we believe that RFA is well on its way to continuing to prepare for the first launch attempt as the priority to get access to the market of launch services. “

„We must focus all our energy on the technology and the first launch,“ adds Marco Fuchs, chairman of the board at OHB. „I am very pleased that we have been able to appoint a recognized expert for RFA in Kalnins. I have known Dr. Kalnins for almost 30 years and therefore know about his exceptional expertise “, continues Fuchs.

Board members Dr. Stefan Brieschenk (Chief Operating Officer) and Jörn Spurmann (Chief Commercial Officer) have only recently extended their appointments to the executive board and will remain in their current positions on RFA’s executive board.

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About Rocket Factory

Rocket Factory Augsburg was founded in 2018 with the vision to enable data generating business models in space to better monitor, protect and connect our planet Earth. Against this background, the company’s goal is to offer launch services of up to 1.300kg into low Earth orbits and beyond on a weekly basis at highly competitive prices. With this, RFA wants to democratize access to space and reduce the launch costs in the space industry. The RFA ONE launch service combines three key competitive advantages: A customer focused service with precise in-orbit delivery and a high degree of mission flexibility through its Redshift OTV; at a highly competitive price; made possible by superior staged combustion technology, low-cost stainless steel structures and usage of industrial components.

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Rocket Factory Augsburg AG

Berliner Allee 65

86153 Augsburg

Germany

Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Jean-Jacques Dordain

Board of Directors: Indulis Kalnins, Stefan Brieschenk, Jörn Spurmann

Seat of the company: Augsburg