{"id":10322,"date":"2015-04-09T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10322"},"modified":"2015-04-09T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:40:51","slug":"hybrid-rocket-test-at-indian-university-15th-nasa-student-launch-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10322","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid rocket test at Indian university + 15th NASA Student Launch Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of university rocket items:<\/p>\n

**\u00a0Aerospace Engineering Department Research – Sounding Rocket Systems<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Rajesh Muneshwar, \u00a0head of Aerospace Engineering Department at the\u00a0International School of Professional Studies<\/a>\u00a0in India tells me\u00a0his student group has\u00a0built and test fired their first hybrid rocket motor. This is the first non-government Indian hybrid as well. It is a prototype for a motor that will power the upper stage of their planned 45 km\u00a0Gyan darshan Rocket.<\/p>\n

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See a\u00a0video of a test<\/a>. (I worry about the student being a little too close to the test…)<\/p>\n

**\u00a0NASA Hosts Student Rocket Fair,\u00a0<\/a>Helps Students Launch High-Power Rockets<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSpace Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.\u00a0<\/em>
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\u00a0More than 30 high school, college and university teams will launch student-built rockets during the 15th annual NASA Student Launch event April 10-11 near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n

Middle school and high school teams will launch their rockets to an altitude of one mile, deploy onboard science experiments and land safely using a system of recovery parachutes. University and college teams will participate in either the Mini-Mars Ascent Vehicle (Mini-MAV) or the Maxi-Mars Ascent Vehicle (Maxi-MAV) divisions. Mini-MAV teams must use a robotic system to autonomously load a payload into their rocket, launch to half a mile and eject the payload during descent. Maxi-MAV teams, competing for a share of $50,000 in prize money, will attempt to meet more autonomy requirements before also launching to a half mile.<\/p>\n

All launches will take place at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Maxi-MAV launches begin at 10 a.m. CDT and will run until approximately 5 p.m. on April 10. Mini MAV and middle and high school launches begin at 7:30 a.m. and run until completed April 11. In the event of rain, the event will move to April 12.<\/p>\n

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 9, students will participate in a Rocket Fair at Marshall’s Activities Building 4316, where they will give technical presentations to, and get valuable feedback from, engineers and team members from NASA and Student Launch corporate sponsor Orbital ATK.<\/p>\n

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Student Launch is open to public viewing and will be aired live on NASA Television and Marshall’s Ustream and Twitter accounts, at:<\/p>\n