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Vehicle | Motor | Launch Site | Date | Result |
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Virgo I1 | K1085 | MMMSCBerwick | April 1623, 2017 | Success |
Virgo 1 | N2000 | Spaceport America | June 24, 2017 | pending 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.