Press Conference | August 15, 2025
Freidonia Interplanetary Spaceport (Aug. 15, 2025) -- An Atlantic Space Exploration (ASX) SN-8 rocket carrying the JROL-1 mission for Exodus Space Systems (ESS) lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Aug. 15 at 12:41 a.m. AST, marking the first National Security Launch aboard an ASX rocket. Photo by ASX
Last night, SN-8 launched for the first time from SLC-3 last night, carrying a National Security Payload for ESS, it launched in its most powerful configuration using 6 SRB's, which makes this configuration, be able to carry 5,200kg to LDO. In the future, SN-8 Block II will be able to take 11,000kg to orbit which will enable alot of stuff for ASX going forward, Block II will come online after SSRP-1, ASX's first rideshare mission. The SN-9 configuration is enabled by the powerful OFEK upper stage, which has the energy and power to deliver critical payloads to which ever orbit they need to go to, and OFEK delivered the JROL-1 spacecraft directly to the orbit that it needed to go to, without issue and 100% success.
"SN-8 was built to for missions and payloads like these.. or any mission in general" says the CEO of ASX, "SN-8 can be precisely configured to meet customer demands and mission requirements, we plan on doing different upper stages however, to enhance SN-8 even more, this will come in the form of Block III, which will mark the last upgrade for the SN-8 rocket. "ASX plans on using SN-8 alot", says the Chief Designer of the SN-8 family, "SN-8 has everything that a customer wants which is High Energy upper stages that can safely take their payloads to orbit, ASX also plans on developing the OFEK Enhanced upper stage eventually, which will have a resigned look for the upper stage, we also plan on using SN-8 for GTO and GEO missions at some point, and with SN-8's low launch cost, it could become competitive for that market"
Next up is Axiom Aerospace's Helios-1 spacecraft, which will launch on a SN-8 rocket in it's 0 booster configuration, heading to a JSO (Juno Synchronous Orbit) which is NET August 23rd 2025
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