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Mugge
Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denmark
 
2011-06-03, 03:28

And a little closer to earth, with no ambitions of going higher up than 15 km, the guys from Copenhagen Suborbitals are at it again. They plan to launch at 3 pm CET.



EDIT:

I worked!

First YouTube video of the launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0UdxZYezwg

While the rocket itself worked as advertised, the parachute apparently came down empty. Also, the rocket didn't have a guidance system, just some rollerons to keep it steady. Guess they'll need a few more tests before putting a man in it.

Awesome nevertheless!



EDIT2:

Here's a Google translated article about the test: http://translate.google.com/translat...n&u=www.ing.dk

EDIT3:

For some reason Google translate keeps returning the front page of the website I'm linking to instead of the article "The rocket flew, crashed and gathered valuable data into". Oh well, it will probably remain front page stuff for a while anyway.

Last edited by Mugge : 2011-06-03 at 14:22.
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