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2022-09-01

X-Bow Systems Launches Bolt Rocket

X-Bow Systems (X-Bow) recently confirmed the first launch of its Bolt Rocket at White Sands Missile Range. Bolt is the first vehicle in X-Bow’s new suite of modular boost rockets. The mission, named XL-2, carried a Payload Test Vehicle for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

With the success of this launch, the X-Bow team continues to usher new technologies, capabilities and competition into the solid rocket motor (SRM) Industrial Base.
 
X-Bow’s team will examine the XL-2 mission data, inspect the recovered hardware and move on to test its additively manufactured solid propellant technology on its second mission, sponsored by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and the Department of Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

Multiple further launches of increasing size and capabilities in support of and under contract with additional customers are scheduled through 2024 and beyond. X-Bow also continues to offer its Bolt ‘Orbital Vehicle’ to the U.S. Space Force on the OSP-4 contract.
 
The Bolt launch follows last month’s successful static fire of the 32” diameter Ballesta Solid Rocket Motor. The Ballesta motor and the Bolt rocket were both built and assembled in tactical field conditions with minimal tools and handling gear.
 

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