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Vehicle
Motor
Launch Site
Date
Result
Virgo I1K1085MMMSCBerwick April 1623, 2017Success 
Virgo 1N2000Spaceport AmericaJune 24, 2017pending Main Anomaly

 

Virgo 1

Virgo 1 was constructed using surplus components in lab. It used filament wound carbon fiber from Project Odyssey and a motor case from Odin's Spear. The fin can was a COTS aluminum fin can from Binder Design. It uses a CO2 Discharge Device to deploy a streamer at apogee and 1g black powder charge to deploy a 6ft main parachute at 800 ft. The avionics bay borrowed heavily from Project Raziel's design. It uses one Telemetrum 2.0 and one Pyxida for avionics.

Virgo 1 used a SRAD fly-away rail guide to fit on standard 1515 rail.

Spaceport America Cup

Virgo competed in the inaugural Spaceport America Cup. The ascent was successful, and a drogue deployed on time. The main never deployed and the vehicle experienced significant damage.