The company planned to provide small payload launch and space tourism services.
[2] The Spartan Three Stage Rocket was a vehicle intended to carry payloads of 1 to 5 kg into suborbit.
The corporation planned to sell the launch service for under a million United States dollars.
The vehicle was destroyed in August 2004 during a launch test due to a propellant formulation error.
ABC Nightline featured both the Rubicon I developers and SpaceShipOne's winning team in its 2004 presentation of the Ansari X Prize.