Launch 3
SARGE
EXOS Aerospace
Mission
SARGE Launch 3
Type: Suborbital
The 3rd launch of EXOS Aerospace’s reusable launch vehicle.
Failed during ascent due to what appears to be a gimbal issue.
Sarge 1 glided steering its parachute and landed safely on the ground after dumping fuel.
Location
Vertical Launch Area
Spaceport America, NM, USA
4 rockets have launched from Spaceport America, NM, USA.
Rocket
SARGE – EXOS Aerospace
Family: SARGE
Length: 11 m
Diameter: 0.51 m
The SARGE was manufactured by EXOS Aerospace with the first launch on 2018-08-25. SARGE has 0 successful launches and 4 failed launches with a total of 4 launches. 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).
Core Landing
Sarge 1 has landed safely on the ground after a failed ascent.
Spaceport America Area – SAA
Area around Spaceport America
Parachute Landing – PL
Unpowered landing using parachute(s).
Agency
EXOS Aerospace
Abbreviation: EXOS
Administration: President: David Mitchell
Founded: 2014
Country: USA
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.
