Aims-1

Our Most Ambitious Project

Vehicle Overview

Aims-1 will be the first liquid fueled launch vehicle made by Exela to go to space. It will be powered using one ~2 kilonewton Polaris engine on the first stage. Aims-1 is an attempt to bring down the cost and complexity of suborbital spaceflight, a typically overlooked sector of the small launch industry. Aims-1 will be 12ft tall and will have a fully loaded mass of ~50kg, being able to carry up to ~7kg of payload to space.

Aims-TA-1 Test Article

March 20, 2023

Aims-TA-1 is our first real Aims-1 test article. The 8 inch wide, 20 inch tall tank will be pressurized up to 8 bar, or up to its failure point, wherever that may be. This will be the first test of the Aims-1 program and may verify our brazing technique for joining hull sections and tank domes. If this does not hold, we will transition to TIG style welding to ensure strength in the future.