Launch 4
SARGE
EXOS Aerospace
Mission
SARGE Launch 4
Type: Suborbital
The 4th launch of EXOS Aerospace’s reusable launch vehicle.
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).
Landing
SARGE will attempt to land after its 4th flight.
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.
