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Launch 1 - "Pathfinder"

SARGE

EXOS Aerospace

Launch Status
Partial Failure

Mission


Pathfinder

  • Type: Suborbital
  • Orbit: Suborbital

First test launch of the SARGE reusable sounding rocket.

Location


Vertical Launch Area

Spaceport America, NM, USA

Vertical Launch Area has witnessed the launch of 4 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts, while Spaceport America, NM, USA, has been the site for 4 rocket launches.

Vertical Launch Area

Rocket


EXOS Aerospace SARGE

The SARGE vehicle is based on the STIG B platform developed as part of Armadillo Aerospace’s lunar lander program.

The SARGE vehicle employs a LOX-ethanol propulsion module based on the LE23000FC series engines, producing approximately 5500 lbs of thrust.

The airframe is a reusable sounding rocket with a 20 inches (51 cm) diameter, and is 36 feet (11 m) tall.
Helium pressurant cold gas thrusters provide attitude control for pitch-roll-yaw and pointing capability.

Payload must fit inside a 20 inches (51 cm) diameter cylinder, be no more than 36 inches (91 cm) tall (in its standard configuration) and weigh no more than 50 kilograms (110 lb).

SARGE

Landing


Core SARGE 1

Booster SARGE 1 last launched 10/26/2019 and has seen 3 successful launches and landings. Sarge 1 is the first SARGE reusable sounding rocket.

Spaceport America – SA

FAA-licensed spaceport in New Mexico.

Parachute Landing – PL

Unpowered landing using parachute(s).

SARGE 1

Agency


EXOS Aerospace

Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies is an aerospace manufacturer and developer of reusable launch systems intended to support unmanned orbital spaceflight launches, and is based in Caddo Mills, Texas.

EXOS Aerospace
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