XCOR AeroSpace: Providing Low Cost Access to Space

Abstract

COMPANY STATUS (XCOR in 60 sec): Founded in 1999 * Located at Mojave Air and Spaceport * Ten different rocket engine designs with over 3,500 firings * Two generations of rocket powered vehicles built and flown * Now designing Sub-Orbital Lynx and Lynx II space craft * Funded by angel investors and revenues ($2-3MM/yr) * Customers: NASA, U.S. Air Force, SpaceX, Private Clients, (ATK (NYSE: ATK), Aurora Flight Systems, NRO, DARPA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513780

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Engineering
  • Engines
  • Flight
  • Formation Flight
  • High Reliability
  • Information Operations
  • Lead Time
  • Payload
  • Pressure Suits
  • Retro Rockets
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Small Satellites
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Economics
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites