Developing, innovating, and advancing today's technologies and systems for BHA to deliver tomorrow's capabilities.
2+
successful amateur launches and missions
6,750ft
maximum apogee attained during BHA mission
2030
BHA's suborbital launch services available
≈27
proprietary systems developed
OUR COMPANY
Founded in 2022 and headquartered in New York, New York, Blue Horizons Aerospace, LLC (BHA) is a pioneering aerospace company, currently a leading innovator in amateur rocketry, dedicated to offering suborbital launch services to commercial customers by 2030. Our future launch services will enable commercial customers—including government agencies, defense and aerospace contractors, and firms—to test and validate supersonic vehicles and various advanced payloads. With a dedicated team distributed across the Northeast, Midwest, and Southern United States, we are united by a shared passion for exploration and technological advancement.
BHA's current capabilities span the entire amateur rocketry field, including the development, manufacture, and operations of advanced and high-performance amateur rockets. We are committed to delivering an end-to-end low cost solution for suborbital micro payloads within the next five to seven years. BHA is utilizing advancements from amateur rocketry operations—and presently transitioning to developing, innovating, and advancing today's technologies and systems—to create a truly economic solution for the growing number of commercial customers requiring suborbital flight for their products.*
*Further information and additional details regarding BHA's future business and launch service plans will be announced at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Unitholders.
With a demonstrated track record of mission success and a growing portfolio of launches and programs under development, BHA is advancing the next generation of suborbital aerospace technologies. By prioritizing innovation, operational efficiency, and technical excellence, BHA is committed to enabling unprecedented access to the suborbital market, supporting commercial, scientific, and defense applications with next generation solutions.
OUR OPERATIONS
Amateur Rocketry
Current Operations (2022 to present)
BHA's amateur rocketry operations formally began with the successful launch of Insight Research Mission 1 (IRM-1), the inaugural launch of the Insight Test Vehicle. With IRM-1, BHA successfully demonstrated end-to-end capabilities for amateur rocketry launches and flights. With the success of IRM-1, BHA has announced Insight Research Mission 2 and 3. These missions will leverage the cutting-edge Descent Airbrake Guidance System (DAGS). This experimental system, believed to be the first of its kind in the amateur rocketry field, will enable precise control of the vehicles decent and guide it to a pre-determined point on the range. Insight Research Mission 2 and 3, DAGS, and future missions and programs represent BHA's commitment to innovation for BHA to offer advanced capabilities in the future.
The advancements being made under BHA's innovative amateur rocketry operations represent our commitment to providing cost-effective suborbital launch services for our future commercial customers.
As we continue to develop, innovate, and advance our technologies under our existing operations in the coming years, our focus remains on ensuring a seamless transition into offering dedicated launch services, built on our expertise and excellence from our amateur rocketry operations.
Suborbital Launch Services
Future Operations (2030 and beyond)
BHA plans to offer suborbital launch services to commercial customers by 2030. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in demand for suborbital launch services from a growing number of commercial customers. This demand is driven by the need to advance supersonic aerospace technologies and develop new technologies and weapon systems. While various large defense contractors currently offer suborbital launch services, their pricing structures are often prohibitive for most aerospace and defense startups and smaller companies.
BHA is uniquely positioned to offer suborbital launch services because of the innovation and advancements from our amateur rocketry operations; BHA's future services will be competitive because of the mindful design of the launch vehicle itself, in part derived from highly advanced amateur rocketry hardware which can be easily adapted. Given the complexity in designing a launch vehicle with the inherent capability for suborbital flight, BHA plans to develop four or five vehicles (rockets) over the next five to seven years (some under our amateur rocketry operations).
Our services will be accessible to a wide range of companies, thereby facilitating the testing and validation of new twenty-first century technologies and systems.
OUR HISTORY
Explore the pivotal moments, groundbreaking innovations, and remarkable achievements that have defined BHA’s journey and shaped its commitment to innovation and advancement. Select a date below to uncover the stories of our team and the milestones that have shaped BHA's legacy.
ASTRA ONE LAUNCH
In late-Summer of 2021, Noah Caswell flew to Minnesota for a visit to his best friend, Maxwell Kusiak. During that visit to Minnesota, Noah and Maxwell decided it would be fun to see if they could launch a small hobbist rocket; they worked over the course of two days to build Astra One, a small low-power hobbist rocket and launched it on August 18, 2021.
At the end of Noah's visit to Minnesota and success of Astra One, it was clear that this was just the start: it was agreed that a company would be founded to advance amateur rocketry technologies.
BHA FOUNDED
Months after the success of Astra One, Maxwell and Noah began considering how to offically found there new aerospace-amateur rocketry company. After settling on a name, Blue Horizons Aerospace, LLC (BHA) was officially founded on March 31, 2022 in the State of Georgia.
With the organization of BHA, Maxwell and Noah began working on finding prospective investors and organizing logistics for future projects and programs.
VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS
In June of 2022, BHA began design and development of what would be its first Class 2 High Power Rocket, Tenacity (originally named Aspera One). The progress on Tenacity throughout the summer of 2022 culminated in the public announcement of the vehicle shortly thereafter.
Although Tenacity has yet to fly as of 2024 due to various challenges associated with first-time developments, much of the technologies and systems designed for the Tenacity Program were successfully integrated and flown on the Insight Test Vehicle.
INSIGHT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
On February 18, 2024, at 3:05 pm CST, BHA achieved a historic milestone with the successful launch of IRM-1. Liftoff occurred from BHA Launch Site 1, marking the inaugural flight of the Insight Test Vehicle, successor to the Tenacity Program.
This launch signifies a pivotal moment for BHA, representing not only the maiden flight of the Insight Program but also the first launch and flight of a BHA-developed rocket.
BHA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BECOME A SUBORBITAL LAUNCH SERVICE PROVIDER
Considering the resounding success of BHA’s initial launch, our rapid advancements in technological development, and our continuously expanding end-to-end capabilities in operating and launching amateur rockets, BHA announced in August 2024 that it will pursue becoming a launch service provider for suborbital flights of small payloads within the next five to seven years.
BOARD LEADERSHIP
The members of our Board of Directors are listed below, along with their respective executive roles at BHA. Our Board of Directors exemplifies BHA's strategic vision and principled decision-making for our operations, supporting innovation, technical excellence, and accountability at BHA.
