XCOR's Lynx suborbital vehicle
Space Expedition Curaçao (SXC) and XCOR Aerospace, Inc. have completed a multi-million dollar transaction that secures the wet lease of production Lynx tail number two for operation on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, pending export licensing action. "Since we signed the initial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in October of 2010, XCOR and SXC have worked diligently towards completing the Definitive Agreement," explained XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. "Now that the ink is dry and the check has cleared we can proceed at full pace to begin operations in Curaçao in 2014."
In addition to securing an exclusive lease for the production Lynx tail number two, SXC has also optioned the exclusive right to lease the production Lynx tail number one for up to three months out of a given calendar year, prior to the delivery of tail number two. "Space Expedition Curaçao is very happy to have completed this milestone agreement. In addition to securing the Lynx and naming XCOR as our exclusive vehicle provider, SXC has signed up 35 spaceflight participants since the beginning of April with a goal to sell 50 before the holiday season," added SXC co-founder Michiel Mol.