Garvey Spacecraft

Corporation

- a small aerospace R&D company focusing on 

cost-effective development of advanced space technologies 

and launch vehicle systems -

 

What's New......

 

Here are some initial photos from the Prospector 14LM flight test that took place Saturday, 12 April 2008 out at the FAR site in the Mojave desert.  The P-14 is a refurbished version of the P-1 that original was developed and flown back in 2001.  The key feature of this joint CSULB/GSC-sponsored mission was a 1,000 lbf-thrust LOX-methane engine that was developed by CSULB students as part of a senior design course.  We believe this is the first actual powered rocket flight to utilize this propellant combination, which has significant potential for use in future planetary exploration projects. 

 

        

 

 

28 March 2008

Here is a short summary documenting our efforts last year to test and evaluate ocean-based water recovery techniques that could be employed on future missions.

 

Vehicle Mockup Recovery Simulation in Long Beach Harbor - 16 November 2008

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19 October 2007

After a year of extensive development work on the ground, we finally put our next vehicle, the Prospector 8A, into flight using a new 4.5K lbf-thrust engine.  Launch took place on the Koehn Dry Lake Bed near Mojave, CA on 15 September 2007.
 
P-8A Flight Test with new 4.5K lbf-thrust Engine
15 September 2007
photo by Joe Mullin  

 

Full-Scale Prototype Nanosat Launch Vehicle in Flight

May 2005

photo by Joe Mullin

 

Kimbo IV Kimbo VII-A / Prospector 2

First Flight of a Composite Tank for Liquid Oxygen

 (June 2000)

First Flight of a

Liquid Propellant

Aerospike Engine

(September 2003)

Photo by Tony Richards

 

Hardware Prototyping

Technology Demonstration

University Cooperation

 

Engineering Consulting Industry Partnership

(Sea Launch photo)

(Microcosm composite tank in K-IV vehicle)

 

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Last Updated: 14 April 2008