Copenhagen Suborbitals: Sapphire flight a success but recovery fails

Copenhagen Suborbitals launched their Sapphire rocket today from the sea off Denmark and the active guidance system successfully kept it on a straight vertical trajectory to the expected 8 km altitude. Unfortunately, on the return the parachute system did not work and the vehicle was not recovered. However, the primary goals of the test were achieved: Huge Success: Rocket flew vertically to over eight kilometers – The Engineer/ing.dk (Google Tanslate)

Will post a video of the launch when available. See descriptions of the event a t