User:ASX - SFS

= Who is ASX =

Aeon Space Exploration (aka ASX) is a Spaceflight Simulator Company based out in the Northern Coast of Earth, a Smallsat launch provider that is focused on making an advanced Smallsat launcher called Messier. ASX is planning on developing a internet constellation called Venatici, It is planned to launch in October of this year on Messier

 Launch Vehicle 

ASX is planning on developing on a Smallsat Launcher called Messier, it will be our only Rocket developed with changes to come to it in the future. Messier will be our Smallsat launcher that will bring launch cadence, flexibility and Reliability to another level. Messier is our Semi-Reusable two stage launch vehicle powered by Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquid Oxygen (LOX). ASX designs, builds, and operates ASX to provide customers the most responsive and affordable small satellite launch service on the market. Messier's Height will hopefully be 25m by 3m in diameter powered by 1 E1 engine on the first stage and a Evac on the second stage, the payload fairing will be 5m in length by 3.66m in width at the base of the rocket, in the future it will be 8m in length allowing us to carry more payloads into orbit.

Messier Spec's

As stated before Messier will have a height of hopefully 25m by 3m in width, the fairing will be sporting a 5m length with a base width of 3.66m. The engine it will be using is a Open Cycle Engine (aka Gas Generator I), named E1, or just Engine 1, this engine will be the first engine to use LNG & LOX and a Open Cycle engine of its type. The First Stage E1 Engine will have a thrust of 67,500 lbf and 30,000 lbf on the second stage. The cost of each launch for the Axon rocket should be around ~$2.2m-$3m with a new Axon Rocket rolling out the production line every 1 week. S2 will also feature batteries as well.

Axon's Rocket Engine

E1 or just Engine 1 will be the engine that will drive ASX to success, as mentioned earlier this engine will be a Open Cycle Engine which will have a thrust of 67,500 lbf on S1 and 30,000 lbf on S2, this engine will get upgrades in the future, such as thrust upgrade by 4x which will increase the rocket's payload capability.

Messier Rocket Spec's

As stated before Axon will have a height of hopefully 25m by 3m in width, the fairing will be sporting a 5m length with a base width of 3.66m. The engine it will be using is a Open Cycle Engine (aka Gas Generator I), named E1, or just Engine 1, this engine will be the first engine to use LNG & LOX and a Open Cycle engine of its type. The First Stage E1 Engine will have a thrust of 67,500 lbf and 30,000 lbf on the second stage. The cost of each launch for the Axon rocket should be around ~$2.2m-$3m with a new Axon Rocket rolling out the production line every 1 week. S2 will also feature batteries as well.

Messier's Rocket Engine

E1 or just Engine 1 will be the engine that will drive ASX to success, as mentioned earlier this engine will be a Open Cycle Engine which will have a thrust of 67,500 lbf on S1 and 30,000 lbf on S2, this engine will get upgrades in the future, such as thrust upgrade by 4x which will increase the rocket's payload capability.

Messier Rocket Payload Capability

This SmallSat Launcher will be able to lift 5,000kg of payload into LEO and only 4,500kg into GTO and 2,200kg into SSO, in the future we will hopefully be able to lift 6,800kg into LEO. The fairings will be reused every now and then and the first stage will be reused as well which will be able to increase the payload even more.

Messier Rocket Reusability

Reusability is key to every companies success as it decreases the costs of every launch and development of the rocket, we are hoping to reuse each 1st stage 7 times. S1 will be recovered via Parachutes and no propulsive landing, Fairing recovery will be a thing as well, each recovery fairing will be limited to 4 times. With rapid reusablility, we will be able to reduce to cost of each launch.

Messier Rocket Launch Cadence

Launch Cadence will help out ASX in a big way, we plan to launch up to 4 times per month with hopefully 6 times in the future. We also hope to get a new Axon Rocket out on the Pad by 1 week everytime. We will build Pad B to help with the launch Cadence as well.

= Launch Pads = ASX plans on constructing Launch Complex 1 in preparation for Messier's Orbital Flight Test for Q1-Q3 June 2022. We plan on making 2 launch pads, Pad A nd B will be our 2 pads, with Pad A currently planned on being constructed for Messier until we are ready to make Pad B.