XCOR Status Update 4/1/2015

Lynx Development and Payloads Status Update

Krysti Papadopoulos-Payload EngineerXCOR Aerospace

Krysti@xcor.com @cosmicKrysti

About XCOR

XCOR X-Racer performing at EAA Airventure in 2008

• Since 1999:

– 4,000 engine firings and nearly 500 minutes of run time on our engines.

Lynx Mk II

Lynx Mark III

Demonstration small sat launcher

Atsa Suborbital Observatory

Recent Progress-Midland

• Commercial Spaceport under FAA Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 420

Status Update: Lynx Mk I

• Fully Integrated

– Cockpit, fuselage, Main LOX tank, strakes, integrated, pressure tested.

• Prepared, ready for integration:

– Landing Gear, Avionics, windscreen, Instrument Panel, VHF Antenna, rudder, control linkages, seat tracks, cockpit furnishings, seat mounts, seats, Payload mounts, chines, nose, pressure suit interfaces

Side-by-side

Lynx Mk I Integration

• Structures

– Fully Integrated:

• Cockpit, Flight Fuselage, LOX tank #3, ring, dome, custom valves, carry through spar

Propulsion

• Propulsion:

– Flight ready RCS, LOX/fuel pumps and heat exchanger, pump compressor tested, 67 second hotfire

– Next steps: continuing and working towards full hotfire

Status Update: Lynx Mark II

Cylinder of Non-Burnite® for cryogenic testingXcor.com/composites

• Non Burnite®:

– non-flammable high-strength, lightweight composite material

Payload Accommodations

Payload Accommodations

Other Accommodations

• In cockpit Payloads: Power/data– 28V/5A Power and separate trigger signal– 1Hz Data to payload, GPS, airspeed, altitude, attitude, G-

normal vector

• Payload B– O2, N2, Overboard venting

• Payload C– 28V/1A power and trigger signal. External Access!

• More accommodations in the pipeline from Payload Integrators

Payload Case Study: Payload C

Your 2U cubeSat here!

Payload Integrators

Payload Integrators

• Interest groups

– Commercial, Education, Government

• Specialty Hardware and Integration Services

– Cubesats, Droptowers, Sprites, Telescopes, Microscopes, Incubators, Middeck Lockers, Lynx Cub Carrier, Special Data Packages

• Geographic

Payload Integrators: Case-study: Arete STEM Project

• Specialty K-12 experiments

– Contact:

Arete-stem-project.org, currently taking reservations!

Reminders-What to do next?

• Prices/More information of our website– www.xcor.com/lynxpayloads

• Latest Payload User Guide and Flight Request Form– www.xcor.com/pug

• Updated Lynx Interface Control Document– Contact me (krysti@xcor.com) for a copy

• We’re hiring! www.xcor.com/jobs

What To Expect From XCOR

• Payload Integrators:– Contact info on our website

– Payloads mailing list

• We’d like to hear from you! How can you use Lynx for your own Space Based Research?• Tweet us @XCOR, @cosmicKrysti

• More Webinars

Thanks!

Researcher community has been great to us, we need to hear from you!

Krysti Papadopoulos-Payload EngineerXCOR AerospaceKrysti@xcor.com @cosmicKrysti