Editing Armadillo Aerospace (section)

==Vehicles==

===Super Mod===
The ''Super Mod'' [[reusable launch vehicle]] is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL)<ref name="nasa20110310">{{cite web |title=sRLV platforms compared |url=https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov |publisher=NASA |access-date=March 10, 2011 |date=March 7, 2011 |quote=Super Mod:  Type:  VTVL/Unpiloted}}</ref> uncrewed rocket which was developed by Armadillo in 2010–2011. It was submitted to NASA as a potential [[suborbital]] vehicle for use as a suborbital reusable launch vehicle (sRLV) under NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.<ref name=nasa20110310/> It added aerodynamic fairings, partially extendable landing legs with lower aerodynamic drag, and systems improvements to the basic Mod vehicle structure and systems.
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File:Mod-Rocket-Hovering.jpg|Lunar Lander Cup era Mod rocket hovering in free flight
File:Mod-Rocket-Nosecone-Hovering.jpg|The Mod rocket with an early nose cone, hovering in free flight
File:SuperMod-Rocket-Shop.JPG|The SuperMod rocket during final assembly
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===Stig===
[[File:Stig-Rocket-Hovering-Tethered.JPG|thumb|right|150px|The Armadillo Stig hovering in a tethered test flight]]
In late 2010, Armadillo started development of a new, longer rocket design created for lower-drag, higher-speed high-altitude flights, which they named Stig in homage of the ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' driver [[The Stig]].<ref>[http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=372 Armadillo Aerospace - News Archive - Jan 22, 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427210952/http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=372 |date=April 27, 2011 }}</ref> This rocket had similar systems, motors, and component weights as the Super Mod vehicles but was aerodynamically optimized for high-altitude flights with long {{convert|15|in|cm}} diameter cylindrical tanks instead of larger spherical tanks.
The second flight, which took place in 2012, reached 50 miles (82 kilometers), but the recovery chute did not work as planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/14499-private-rocket-launch-armadillo-aerospace-test.html|title=Private Rocket Launch Tests Supersonic Parachute|website=[[Space.com]] |date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref>

The third flight took place in January 2013, and the vehicle experienced a hard landing following a parachute failure-to-deploy,<ref name=nsj20130801/> though the launch was successful.<ref>[http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=430 STIG B-III mission, January 5, 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503032534/http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=430 |date=May 3, 2013 }}. Armadillo Aerospace.</ref>