XSAG vehicles:

Space or suborbital vehicles:
[XSTORM] SV-301 XS Storm
[XVENTR] SV-302 XS Venture
[BURAN0] Buran space shuttle (not spaceworthy)

XSAG aircraft:
[N21Y10] KC-10
[------] Boeing 707-320 Foxy (testbed for system experiments)

Prototype vehicles:
[------] SSRV UAV (supersonic research vehicle)
[NX0100] NX-1 high-capacity shuttle (scraped)
[NX0400] NX-4 hypersonic shuttle carrier (partially complete)
[NX0500] NX-5 space shuttle (partially complete)

Leased aircraft:
[UR8207] An-225
[------] XB-70
[------] SR-71A Blackbird
[740159] Rockwell B-1B Lancer
[N63911] V-22 Opsrey

XSAG general research & developement programs (active)

XGDC realtime operating system for on-board computers
SSRV (supersonic research vehicle)
Internal spacecraft systems developement (XS Venture, Buran)
XS Venture cockpit design and multifunctional display systems
Rezendvous equipement and software developement

XSAG inactive research & developement programs

ESAT system for handling satelites in Earth orbit
XSAG ESAT-1 satelilte (first satelite on X-Plane Earth orbit)
XSAG X-43 program (possible)
Buran shuttle/"Energia" booster rockets
Experimental shuttle projects (NX-1. NX-4, NX-5) (canceled)

XSAG stats

Space launches: 8 (8 successful)
Suborbital launches: 3 (3 successful)

XS Venture: 8938 min (8704 min in space)
XS Storm: 813 min (646 min in space)
Buran: 15 min (0 min in space)

SR-71 flights: 185 min
XB-70 flights: 50 min

XSAG team:
Leading Engineer/Pilot Black Phoenix (LANCER)
Leading Pilot Mick (MICK)

XSAG launch schedule

Live feed here (available during missions)

(bold: orbital missions, not bold: suborbital missions)
NAME STATUS DATE LENGTH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
XS11 planned June 2010 48 hours XS Venture TBA
XS10 finished 1 Mar 2010
18:00 UTC		 19 hours XS Venture Test OLS (orbital launch software) on-board XS Venture, and fuel cell systems
XS9 finished 29 Dec 2009
19:30 UTC		 98 hours
30 min		 XS Venture Long-duration flight, determining pertubations and errors in X-Plane orbits, further RCS testing
XS9B finished 20 Dec 2009
13:28 UTC		 214 min XS Venture Short orbital flight. Test of the new on-board system, Earth atmosphere data at various altitudes
XS9A
FL1		 finished 28 Oct 2009
15:20 UTC		 114 min XS Venture Long-range suborbital flight, gather vehicle aerodynamic information
XS8 finished 5 Sep 2009
19:30 GMT+2		 25 hours XS Venture Orbital calculations precision test. New XS vehicle test.
XS7 finished 29 June 2009
19:25 GMT+2		 54 min XS Storm Suborbital flight test with altitude of 170,000ft. From UKKM (Antonov Intl.) to KEDW (Edwards AFB)
XS6 finished 11 June 2009
21:10 GMT+2		 60 min XS Storm High-atmosphere flight test, reallocation to Antonov Intl. (KEDW - UKKM). Altitude 135,000ft
XS5 finished 5 June 2009
18:20 GMT+2		 133 min XS Storm High inclination orbit. X-Plane navigation systems behaviour test over polar caps
XS4 finished 24 May 2009
17:00 GMT+2		 233 min XS Storm High semimajor axis orbit test. X-Plane precision at high altitude test. Updated X30NAV system.
XS3 finished 21 May 2009
20:00 GMT+2		 140 min XS Storm Another reentry test. Orbit reached was 420,000ft (128km). Early test of the new on-board system (X30NAV).
XS2 finished 18 May 2009
21:00 GMT+2		 140 min XS Storm Orbital test, reentry test. Orbit reached was 435,000ft (132km).
XS1 finished 14 May 2009
16:38 GMT+2		 53 min XS Storm Atmosphere test, reaching height of 70,000ft and mach 6 speed. Landing test.


XSAG experimental flights

NAME STATUS DATE LENGTH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
LP5 planned June 2010 20 min XS Storm Test flight of the updated XS Storm vehicle
LP4 planned June 2010 30 min XS Venture Unpowered gliding training
NT3 finished 5 May 2010
20:10 UTC		 20 min SSRV UAV Flight tests
NT2 finished 5 May 2010
15:20 UTC		 40 min SSRV UAV Land and flight tests
FL2 finished 1 May 2009
13:40 UTC		 50 min XB-70
(plt LANCER)		 XB-70 test flight
XS9A
FL1		 finished 28 Oct 2009
15:20 UTC		 185 min SR-71
(plt MICK)		 XS chase by SR-71 Blackbird
LP3 finished 1 Sept 2009
19:35 GMT+2		 25 min XS Venture Some more landing practice, test of XS internal systems.
LP2 finished 28 July 2009
4:00 GMT-8		 30 min XS Venture Landing practice arounds Edwards AFB (KEDW). First flight test of new Venture craft (airframe only).
BT3 finished 16 July 2009
20:02 GMT+2		 30 min Buran Further Buran tests. Installation of rocket engines, and atmospheric rocket engine test. Test of new cockpit. Carried by An-225
NT1 finished 24 June 2009
22:40 GMT+2		 40 min NX-1 Aerodynamic tests, land test
LP1 finished 12 June 2009
14:00 GMT+2		 30 min XS Storm Landing practice around Antonov Intl. (UKKM)
BT2 finished 2 June 2009
20:00 GMT+2		 8 min Buran See BT1
BT1 finished 1 June 2009
20:00 GMT+2		 7 min Buran Atmospheric gliding test of the new Buran vehicle. Carried by An-225

XSAG notices (archive)

06.06.2010
XS Venture (SV-301) project is completly different from original X-30A concept.
It now uses X-30D waverider concept, provided by Mr. Scott (Boneworks).
He is pretty much the first contractor for XSAG.

All internal systems will be updated according to new concept, but all previous missions will still remain for older version of the vehicle. Just imagine they all used this concept instead.

31.05.2010
Slightly restructured page. Added archives page with old notices

5.05.2010
New vehicle developed - SSRV (supersonic research vehicle) UAV.



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