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Development of the Scorpius LOX/Kerosene Engine Family Dr. Jeffrey A. Muss, Sierra Engineering, Inc. Dr. Shyama Chakroborty and Dr. Ivett A. Leyva, Microcosm Inc. More (PDF, 719k)

Responsive Access to Space . The Scorpius Low-Cost Launch System Shyama Chakroborty, James R. Wertz and Robert Conger, Microcosm Inc. International Astronautics Federation Congress Oct. 4–8, 2004 Vancouver, Canada More (PDF, 936k)

Using Pressure-Fed Propulsion Technology to Lower Space Transportation Costs Dr. Shyama Chakroborty and Dr. Thomas P. Bauer, Microcosm Inc. 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 11-14 July, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, Florida More (PDF, 596k)

Responsive Launch Vehicle Cost Model James R. Wertz, Microcosm Inc. 2nd Responsive Space Conference April 19-22, 2004 El Segundo, California More (PDF, 900k)

SCORPIUS, A New Generation of Responsive, Low Cost Expendable Launch Vehicle Family Shyama Chakroborty, James R. Wertz and Robert Conger, Microcosm Inc.; Jack Kulpa, Scorpius Space Launch Company The World Space Congress 2002, IAF - COSPAR October, 2002 Houston, Texas More (PDF, 515k)

The Scorpius Expendable Launch Vehicle Family and Status of the Sprite Small Launch Vehicle Shyama Chakroborty, James R. Wertz and Robert Conger, Microcosm Inc.; Jack Kulpa, Scorpius Space Launch Company 1st Responsive Space Conference April 1-3, 2003, Redondo Beach, California More (PDF, 729k)

Responsive Launch With the Scorpius Family of Low-Cost Expendable Launch Vehicles James R. Wertz and Robert Conger, Microcosm Inc.; Jack Kulpa, Scorpius Space Launch Company 1st Responsive Space Conference April 1-3, 2003, Redondo Beach, California More (PDF, 1,262k)

The Sprite Mini-Lift Vehicle: Affordable Launcher for Small Spacecraft Missions James Berry, Dr. Robert Conger, Jack Kulpa 19th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference April 17-20, 2001, Toulouse, France More (PDF, 419k)

Economic Model of Reusable vs. Expendable Launch Vehicles 51st International Astronautical Congress October 2-6, 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil More (PDF, 125k)

The Sprite Mini-Lift Vehicle: Performance, Cost and Schedule Projections for the First of the Scorpius Low-Cost Launch Vehicles James V. Berry, Dr. Robert E. Conger, Dr. James R. Wertz 13th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, August 1999 Paper (PDF, 243k) - Briefing Charts (PDF, 736k)

Status of the Scorpius Low Cost Launch Services Program James V. Berry, Dr. Robert E. Conger, Dr. James R. Wertz IAF Conference on Novel Approaches to Smaller, Faster, Better Space Missions, Redondo Beach, CA, April 19-21, 1999 More (PDF, 194k)

Application Of Scorpius Low Cost Launch Services to Mini-Lift Market Dr. Robert Conger MSFC Industry Review, January 13-14, 1998 More (PDF, 158k)

Status of the Scorpius Low Cost Launch Services Program James R. Wertz, Matthew Biggs, Robert E. Conger, Edward L. Keith 11th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, 1997 More (PDF, 441k)

Status of the Scorpius Low Cost Launch Services Program Thomas P. Bauer, Robert E. Conger, Edward L. Keith, James R. Wertz 10th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, 1996 More (PDF, 95k)

A Low Cost Avionics System Support Approach for Low Cost Launch VehiclesWalton Williams Presented at the 16th Annual AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Oct. 30, 1997 More (PDF, 125k)

The Scorpius Low Cost Launch System James R. Wertz, Edward L. Keith Presented at the 9th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, 1995. More (HTML)

Status of the Scorpius Low Cost Launch Services Program Thomas P. Bauer, Robert E. Conger, Edward L. Keith, James R. Wertz This paper reports on the progress and problems since the program was publicly introduced at the 9th AIAA/USU Conference, 1995. More (PDF, 132k)

Low Cost Guidance, Navigation, and Control System For Launch Vehicles Thomas P. Bauer A low cost Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) system for launch vehicles. More (HTML)

A Generic Guidance, Navigation, and Control System for Low Cost Launch Vehicles Thomas P. Bauer (abstract) More (HTML)

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