Exos Aerospace

[3] Exos even set up their operations in one of Armadillo's former facilities at the Caddo Mills Municipal Airport, in Texas.

Exos Aerospace is focused on suborbital research rockets with an intent of initially launching micro satellites and eventually progressing to autonomous spaceflight.

The SARGE vehicle employs a LOX-ethanol propulsion module based on the LE23000FC series engines, producing approximately 5500 lbs of thrust.

Pressurized helium cold gas thrusters provide attitude control for pitch-roll-yaw and pointing capability.

Exos plans to use this technology as the design basis for a reusable (first stage) launch vehicle capable of carrying 100 kg to low Earth orbit.

On 14 February 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration issued Exos Aerospace a Reusable Vehicle Mission Launch License.

On 25 August 2018, Exos flew an unsuccessful Pathfinder Mission proving SARGE as a reusable launch vehicle.

Due to a malfunction of an onboard GPS receiver, the flight was terminated with an engine shutdown prematurely.

On 29 June 2019, at 18:00, UTC Exos Aerospace conducted a SARGE launch at the Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Second, the rocket appears to have disintegrated to some degree as several pieces of debris fell back to the ground.