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Armadillo's reusable rocket licensed for launch

Last Thursday the US Federal Aviation Administration awarded Armadillo Aerospace of Heath, Texas, a launch licence for its suborbital rocket Stig-B. It is only the third licence issued so far for a reusable launch vehicle. SpaceX's Falcon 9, which famously sent the first private craft to the International Space Station, isn't yet reusable.
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Stiga Flight 2 to 95km by Armadillo Aerospace

On January 28, 2012 Armadillo Aerospace launched the rocket Stiga at Spaceport America for a second time. After a 169.5 second ascent, it reached an apogee of between 90 and 95 km above sea level, returning views stretching into Colorado. On the way back down the recovery system failed, and the rocket was destroyed by impact with the ground.



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Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-A rocket launches successfully from Spaceport America

New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) officials announced Tuesday a successful launch over the weekend of an advanced sounding rocket designed and built by Armadillo Aerospace. The launch took place from Spaceport America's vertical launch complex on Sunday. The test flight was a non-public, unpublished event at the request of Armadillo Aerospace, as the company is testing proprietary advanced launch technologies.
Saturday's Armadillo launch successfully lifted off at about 11 a.m. (MST), which was within the dedicated, five-hour launch window, and reached its projected sub-orbital altitude of 41.91 km.
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Armadillo Aerospace liquid fuel rocket engine test firing



A test firing of Armadillo Aerospace engine #79, a liquid fuelled film cooled rocket engine running on liquid oxygen and ethanol. Thrust is near 5000lb, for scale the nozzle exit is 7" in diameter.



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Flying Armadillo has the power to escape the moon
The million-dollar Lunar Lander Challenge prize will be claimed this year. Already one team's craft has completed an Earth-based test trip which proves it has the oomph to achieve lunar orbit from the moon's surface. Two more teams will attempt to do the same before the end of October.

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Armadillo Aerospace, with its Scorpius rocket, has taken the lead to win Level 2 of the Lunar Lander Centennial Challenge and one million dollars of NASA's money. Last year, Armadillo won Level 1 by launching a rocket to more than a 160 feet in the air, hovering for a minute and a half, landing on a nearby launch pad, then taking off again and repeating the feat to land again on the original launch pad. Armadillo won $350,000 for that feat.

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Armadillo Aerospace Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2 Flight 1
FLIGHT #1 of Armadillo Aerospace's Level 2 attempt at NGLLC 2009
FLIGHT #2 of Armadillo Aerospace's Level 2 attempt at NGLLC 2009


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After two years of near-misses, Armadillo Aerospace won a $350,000 prize Friday in an rocket contest created by NASA to encourage the development of new lunar lander prototypes.

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After mere months of development time, the Rocket Racing League's Armadillo-powered racing plane has gotten the Federal Aviation Administration's go-ahead to show its stuff in 20 places around the country.

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Armadillo Aerospace have released the first details of their work on the new Rocket Racing League's aircraft.

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The engine of an experimental Moon lander exploded on the launch pad on Sunday, dashing Armadillo Aerospace's hopes of winning up to $1.35 million in NASA prize money.
The 2007 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge was the main event at the X Prize Cup rocket expo this past weekend near Alamogordo, New Mexico, US. The competition is intended to promote innovative ideas for a new generation of vehicles that could land humans on the Moon.
Nine teams had registered to compete, but only Armadillo Aerospace, based in Mesquite, Texas, US, and headed by Doom video game creator John Carmack, was ready in time for the event.
The competition is divided into two levels. In order to be eligible for the lesser $350,000 level 1 prize, a rocket must rise 50 metres from its launch pad, move 100 metres horizontally and land on a concrete pad, staying in the air for a total of at least 90 seconds. It must then repeat the feat, returning to its starting point within 2.5 hours.

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