# Tenx USB Missile Launcher: reconstructing USB control commands

> The Tenx USB Missile Launcher controller implements movement and firing commands in PureBasic for a specific USB device. Its protocol reference documents two eight-byte headers and a 64-byte payload sent across two interfaces with a nonstandard control-transfer value.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher/blob/7dd4fbb5cb661f2d92a10db7e2f593c1d5c7ac30/missile_protocol.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tenx-usb-missile-launcher-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tenx-usb-missile-launcher-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tenx-usb-missile-launcher-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows, a Tenx launcher with VID 0x1130 and PID 0x0202, and libusb-win32 with a device-specific filter.
- **Prerequisites:** PureBasic 6.40 x64 was used for the documented build.
- **License:** Custom Non-Commercial License; attribution is required and commercial use requires written permission.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher/blob/7dd4fbb5cb661f2d92a10db7e2f593c1d5c7ac30/missile_protocol.md>
2. <https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher/blob/7dd4fbb5cb661f2d92a10db7e2f593c1d5c7ac30/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher/blob/7dd4fbb5cb661f2d92a10db7e2f593c1d5c7ac30/LICENSE>

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