Scorpius® is a new generation of expendable launch vehicles intended to reduce the cost of launch to orbit by a factor of 5 to 10. The Scorpius® program is a total "clean-sheet" development using new technologies for pressure-fed, LOX/Jet-A propellants, all new low cost ablative engines, and GPS/INS guidance/control. Funding for the ongoing Scorpius program has been provided primarily by the Air Force, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), NASA, and Microcosm internal R&D. Scorpius® vehicles are intended to change the face of domestic launch services in the United States. They will provide dramatically lower cost launch capacity for commercial, military, civil, and science payloads. Scorpius® FLIES!! With two successful suborbital launches under our belt, we are using the Scorpius® Low-Cost Technology to work toward the SPRITE vehicle, our first orbital vehicle. The first launch of the Scorpius® SR-XM-1, suborbital vehicle occurred on March 9, 2001. The first launch of the Scorpius® SR-S, small suborbital vehicle occurred on January 27, 1999. The Scorpius® program flew the first all-composite LOX tank on board a Garvey Spacecraft K-IV suborbital flight in June 2000. The Scorpius® Eagle vehicle for the Falcon program was carried through PDR. Email us at microcosm@smad.com HOME