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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #100 on: 08/04/2017 07:02 am »
Moar pics

http://exosaero.com/2017/07/28/sarge-update-73117/

Anything getting lit any time soon ?
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #101 on: 08/06/2017 08:51 am »
Moar pics

http://exosaero.com/2017/07/28/sarge-update-73117/

Anything getting lit any time soon ?
Looks way more professionally-built than others I could mention...
« Last Edit: 08/06/2017 08:51 am by ringsider »

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #102 on: 08/21/2017 05:07 pm »
EXOS posted a video to Youtube yesterday of a hold-down firing, using what looks to be a full-size SARGE engine and body.  It's characterized as a "low-pressure test", with a full-power one soon to come, but even at this stage it looks bloody impressive.  As some on this forum have said, others have made much more hype over much less achievement...  https://youtube.com/watch?v=SrkCULVaxGo

They also made a blog post to accompany it, with a lot of great pictures before and after the test (if anyone else wants to attach them over here feel free, I'm on mobile and can't really do so): http://exosaero.com/2017/08/20/tie-test-1/
« Last Edit: 08/21/2017 05:11 pm by Craftyatom »
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #103 on: 08/21/2017 11:07 pm »
EXOS posted a video to Youtube yesterday of a hold-down firing, using what looks to be a full-size SARGE engine and body.  It's characterized as a "low-pressure test", with a full-power one soon to come, but even at this stage it looks bloody impressive.  As some on this forum have said, others have made much more hype over much less achievement...  https://youtube.com/watch?v=SrkCULVaxG

Gotta love how the test lasted ~30secs.. and then the minions spend the next minute-and-a-half putting out spot fires!!   :) ;D
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #104 on: 09/14/2017 07:21 am »
Tie me rocketship down, sport,
tie me rocketship down


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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #105 on: 10/18/2017 10:11 pm »
Misidentified this initially and was told that it is an EXOS stand and engine :)

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #106 on: 10/24/2017 01:33 pm »
Tie me rocketship down, sport,
tie me rocketship down



Super cool. I love this kind of test of rockets. Between a tethered hover test and a tie-down test, you can get pretty close to actual test flight without a big risk of losing your hardware if things go wrong. Relying more on engine gimbaling than control surfaces also helps address the risk of control inversion as you go through Mach 1.

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #107 on: 10/24/2017 11:04 pm »
I'm curious what sort of valves/plumbing you are using for controlling propellant flow to the engine - do you have one pair of fuel/LOX valves that provide start-up flow followed by a seperate pair of main-stage valves, or is it a single pair that can be opened partially? 
I am a member of a university group that is working towards something similar (if a bit smaller), and finding fast-acting valves with fine-grained throttle control has proven rather... difficult. 

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #108 on: 12/18/2017 07:03 pm »
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At #NSRC2017, John Quinn of Exos Aerospace says company on track to get FAA launch license for its suborbital rocket by Feb 14, 2018; earliest launch would be following Saturday (Feb 17).

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/942833707987193856

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Quinn: 51% complete with second private placement funding round, expect to close by Jan. 30. [Size of round not disclosed.] #NSRC2017

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/942833867861495808

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Quinn: in discussions to move Exos to Ft. Worth from Caddo Mills (northeast of Dallas). Would make the trek to Spaceport America for future launches a little shorter. #NSRC2017

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/942835178925412352

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Quinn: our new round at Exos Aerospace, like first round last year, is $1.5 million. #NSRC2017

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/942839963326074880

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #109 on: 12/18/2017 07:31 pm »
Looks like a couple of the concrete highway dividers might be good to protect the truck!

I will so love to see them fly again. Armadillo was a favorite during the Xprize and Lunar Lander Xprize contests. Their launches at Spaceport America made it seem they were very close to having a working vehicle.

They blazed the trail with insurance and the FAA.

Good Luck!!
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #110 on: 12/30/2017 04:40 am »
EXOS posted a pair of videos today - the first is a piece on what SARGE does (low-cost suborbital research opportunities via reusable rocket) including a lot of STIG footage, reminiscent of similar videos from other space startup companies.


The second video is more interesting: an actual tie-down test firing of their rocket (it's a 360-degree video, look down ;D ).  Worth noting that the tie-down test in today's video is longer (almost 60 seconds) than their previously released test footage (about 26 seconds back in August of this year).  Also, the August test was called "low pressure", with a "full power test coming soon".  There is no indication that this test was necessarily conducted at a higher pressure, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had expanded the envelope on multiple fronts over the past 4 months.
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #111 on: 02/23/2018 09:02 pm »
EXOS now have an FAA launch licence

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #112 on: 02/25/2018 12:39 am »
EXOS now have an FAA launch licence

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(ii) "Pre-fight ground operations"

Let's hope this doesn't mean Cantrell and Beck showing up to start a smallsat brawl. ;)

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #113 on: 03/02/2018 10:25 am »
EXOS now have an FAA launch licence

Just to be clear, it's a suborbital launch license.
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #114 on: 03/25/2018 03:49 pm »
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Exos Aerospace Prepares for First Suborbital Launch
By Jeff Foust, SpaceNews Writer | March 25, 2018 09:08am ET

WASHINGTON — With a key test completed and a launch license in hand, Exos Aerospace is preparing for the first flight of its reusable suborbital rocket in April.

https://www.space.com/40079-exos-aerospace-prepares-for-first-suborbital-launch.html

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Re: EXOS aerospace
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #116 on: 04/20/2018 10:37 am »
I was looking around for Exos on the internet and I came across this website:

https://www.theapeirongroup.com/

that mention Exos in their partners and space section (and also their education section is from Exos as well)

has anyone heard of this company before?
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #117 on: 05/03/2018 02:44 pm »
Exos have quietly replaced the launch countdown on their website with this notice;
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Launch has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon. Stay tuned.

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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #118 on: 08/14/2018 04:24 am »
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Exos Aerospace reschedules first suborbital launch
by Jeff Foust — August 13, 2018

GENOA, Nev. — Exos Aerospace, a Texas company developing a reusable suborbital rocket, now plans to carry out a first flight of its vehicle in late August as it sets its sights on a follow-on orbital vehicle.

In a statement, the company said it’s planning a launch of its Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE, or SARGE, rocket Aug. 25 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

https://spacenews.com/exos-aerospace-reschedules-first-suborbital-launch/
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Re: EXOS aerospace
« Reply #119 on: 08/25/2018 12:04 pm »
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