XCOR Status Update 4/1/2015
Lynx Development and Payloads Status Update
Krysti Papadopoulos-Payload EngineerXCOR Aerospace
[email protected] @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 ([email protected]) 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 [email protected] @cosmicKrysti