SARGE | Launch 1 - "Pathfinder"
Launch was a Partial Failure
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Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m. - Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m. - Aug. 25, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
First test launch of the SARGE reusable sounding rocket.
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 1 successfully landed back on Earth.
Result: Successful Parachute Landing landing at Spaceport America Area.
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.
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