SARGE

Active Re-Usable

EXOS Aerospace (EXOS)

Aug. 25, 2018

Description

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).

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
    11.0 m
  • Diameter
    0.51 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    24.0 kN
  • Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
    80.0 km
Family
  • Name
    SARGE
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    SARGE
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

EXOS Aerospace

Commercial
President: David Mitchell
EXOS 2014

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.

SARGE | Launch 4

EXOS Aerospace | United States of America
Spaceport America, NM, USA
Oct. 26, 2019, 5:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The 4th launch of EXOS Aerospace's reusable launch vehicle.

Suborbital SARGE 1 - Flight Proven ( ) Spaceport America
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SARGE | Launch 3

EXOS Aerospace | United States of America
Spaceport America, NM, USA
June 29, 2019, 6 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

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.

Suborbital SARGE 1 - Flight Proven ( ) Spaceport America
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SARGE | Launch 2 - "Mission 1"

EXOS Aerospace | United States of America
Spaceport America, NM, USA
March 2, 2019, 4:45 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

The SARGE rocket carried several small research payloads and was intended to reach a peak altitude of 80 kilometers. It only reached a peak altitude of about 20 kilometers before gliding back to a landing about 1.2 kilometers from the launch pad.

Suborbital SARGE 1 - Flight Proven ( ) Spaceport America
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SARGE | Launch 1 - "Pathfinder"

EXOS Aerospace | United States of America
Spaceport America, NM, USA
Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

First test launch of the SARGE reusable sounding rocket.

Suborbital SARGE 1 - Maiden Flight Spaceport America
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