The Guild has unveiled a 150-acre rocket development and testing facility, The Anchorage, in Space City, Andhra Pradesh.
Ethereal Exploration Guild (The Guild) has unveiled The Anchorage, its 150-acre rocket development and testing facility in Space City, Andhra Pradesh. Located approximately 40 kilometres from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, the facility establishes ground infrastructure for Razor Crest Mk 1 (RCM1), The Guild’s fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle
RCM1 is being developed for recovery and reuse of both its booster and upper stage. It uses two semi-cryogenic engines. Pegasus is an 80 kN upper-stage engine. Stallion is a 1.2 MN gas-generator booster engine.
The commissioned Pegasus Horizontal Static Test Facility supports component, ignition, thrust-chamber and turbomachinery testing through to integrated engine firing. The first hot-fire test of Pegasus is scheduled at The Anchorage in November 2026. The Stallion Vertical Test Facility is under development, while planned infrastructure includes stage testing, manufacturing and refurbishment facilities.
Manu J. Nair, Co-Founder and CEO of The Guild, said The Anchorage represents long-term investment in the capacity required to test, manufacture and repeatedly operate Razor Crest Mk-1
