Ad Astra Rocket Company
The Ad Astra Rocket Company Costa Rica is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ad Astra Rocket Company. AARC CR was formed in 2005. The facility has been built approximately 10 km west of the city of Liberia, capital of the province of Guanacaste, on the campus of Earth University. On December 13, 2006, the Costa Rican team of AARC generated their first plasma.
Costa Rica
The main tasks of AARC CR are:
  • Building a flexible apparatus to explore optimization of a Plasma Source for VASIMR® technology,
  • Measure the waste heat load from the source, and characterize its distribution,
  • Create engineering designs to remove the waste heat efficiently.


Costa Rica Plasma
To contact AARC-CR, call 011.506.2666.9272 or send email.