Scorpius® Liberty: Light Lift Launch Vehicle

3,2100 lbs. to 100 NMi Low Earth Orbit for total launch cost of ~$5.2 million by tenth production flight.

Uses Sprite technology and approach, scaled in size by 4.

Total height = 86 ft.

Overall Diameter = 17.8 ft.

Six 53-inch diameter pods around a 53-inch diameter central core.

Three stages, six 80K lb engines for stage 1, one 80K lb engine for stage 2, one 9K lb engine for stage 3.

Simple launch operations, 8 hour launch from time of vehicle arrival on launch pad.

Liberty is designed to meet the need for low-cost, small-payload capability while verifying the technology for larger vehicles with much lower cost per pound.


Scorpius® Exodus

· 15,000 lbs to 100 NMi Low Earth Orbit for total launch cost of $11.9 million by tenth production flight.

· Uses much of the Liberty and Antares technology and approach.

· Exodus vehicle is the main commercial product.

· Total height = 88 ft.

· Six 120-inch diameter pods around a central core.

· Four stages with an upper stage option, twenty-two 80K lb. engines, twenty-one 20K lb. engines.

· Simple launch operations as used in the smaller vehicle.


Scorpius® Space Freighter

Demonstrates the first two stages of Sprite:

  • Same aero shape as the first two stages of Sprite.
  • Horizontal staging.

Configuration:

6 Booster Pods & Core Sustainer Pod.
42 in. dia., 53 ft. long, 6 rear fins.
Two-stage version of SR-M, Sprite upper stage.

Engine:

Single Microcosm Scorpius 20,000 lb. Vacuum thrust, very low-cost, ablatively-cooled engine. Pressure-fed using high-performance pressurization system (HPPS).

Propellants:

Kerosene (Jet-A)/LOX in all-composite tanks.

Performance:

Up to TBA lbs. Payload TBA Nmi altitude.

Navigation:

Commercial GPS/INS navigation unit; GPS antenna in the nosecone. Uses Scorpius flight computer and control electronics. Roll thrusters.

Launcher:

Rail-launched from a mobile Transporter-Erector- Launcher (TEL). Rail is 60 ft. long and assembled from two pieces for transportation. Hydraulic actuator for elevation angle control.

Operations:

Designed for low-cost operations. Can be assembled, erected, fueled and ready to launch within 8 hours of arrival at launch site.

Facilities:

None required. Can be launched from the mobile TEL at any location that meets safety requirements.

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