{"id":16436,"date":"2018-07-24T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16436"},"modified":"2018-07-26T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T16:48:05","slug":"rockets-dutch-team-aims-to-break-european-student-rocket-alt-record-copenhagen-suborbitals-counts-down-to-nexo-ii-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16436","title":{"rendered":"Rockets: Dutch team aims to break European student rocket alt record + Copenhagen Suborbitals counts down to Nex\u00f8 II launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[\u00a0<strong>Update 2<\/strong>: The Stratos III lifted off on Wednesday evening but disintegrated after 20 seconds into the flight.:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dare.tudelft.nl\/2018\/07\/stratos-iii-failure\/\" target=\"_d\">Stratos III Failure | DARE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Last night, we launched our Stratos III rocket attempting to break the European altitude record. The procedures took all night and finally around 3:30 in the morning the rocket lifted off successfully. Then, 20 seconds into the flight the rocket disintegrated. The pieces landed in the ocean within the safety zone. Together with INTA (Instituto Nacional de T\u00e9cnica Aeroespacial), the operator of the launch base, we\u2019re now investigating the anomaly and the cause of the failure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Several views of the launch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4d0aA13lY9Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: The DARE launch was scrubbed due to high winds. They will try again tomorrow &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dare.tudelft.nl\/2018\/07\/cancelled-launch-attempt-july-24\/\" target=\"_d\">Cancelled Launch Attempt July 24 | DARE<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Unfortunately, we have cancelled the launch window for today. Although the weather was suitable for launch in the early afternoon, the weather balloon data obtained in the evening showed winds at higher altitudes are much stronger than predicted. This led to margins on wind becoming smaller than expected, making a launch today not possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>As we abort the launch relatively early in the evening (T-2:50 hours), the crew still has sufficient time for a good sleep. This way we can ensure Stratos III is fully ready for the new attempt scheduled tomorrow, the 25th of July. Thanks a lot for all the enthusiastic and inspiring comments on social media. Lets all take a good night sleep and prepare for breaking boundaries tomorrow!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch university student rocket team <a href=\"http:\/\/dare.tudelft.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DARE<\/a> today is <a href=\"http:\/\/dare.tudelft.nl\/live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streaming video<\/a> of their preparations in southern Spain for an attempt to launch today the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dare.tudelft.nl\/stratos-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stratos III<\/a>. They hope the rocket will reach over 30 kilometers in altitude and break the European student altitude record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Stratos III rocket, built by students from Delft University of Technology, will fly this week. On Tuesday 24th July starting at\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1144322094\"><span class=\"aQJ\">15:00<\/span><\/span>, the student rocketry team called DARE will have their first attempt to launch their rocket into the upper layers of the atmosphere. In addition to that, they want to break the European altitude record for a student built rocket, which currently stands at 32.3km. All parts, including the motor of the rocket, were developed by the students. This launch will bring the students one step closer to their ultimate goal: to be the first student team, worldwide, to reach space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VEcNf0Xqf_I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The rocket uses a hybrid motor with a liquid oxidizer and solid fuel.\u00a0More from the press release:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span lang=\"NL\">Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering, or DARE, is the student rocketry team who has designed, built and will launch the rocket.\u00a0<\/span>This society of students was created in 2001 and in the past 17 years, DARE has had multiple big launch attempts; the Stratos I in 2009, reaching an altitude of 12.5km and the Stratos II in 2015, reaching an altitude of 21.5km. Both broke the then-current European altitude record. The record was lost to a German student team in 2016<span lang=\"NL\">. \u201cThere is a new space-race between our team and other student teams from Europe and the United States\u201d, says team member Martin Olde.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span lang=\"NL\"><strong>Launching from Spain<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"NL\">The launch is planned for\u00a024 July 2018\u00a0with back up launch attempts on 25,\u00a026 and 27 July. The launch attempt will take place in the evening, however, delays due to wind, fishing boats or technical problems could delay the attempt. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span lang=\"NL\">\u201cIn order to safely launch the rocket, an area the size of the province of Friesland needs to be kept free from boats and other forms of traffic. Safety is of utmost importance, but it does make it very exciting\u201d, says team manager Jesse Hummel.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span lang=\"NL\"><strong>Once Again &#8211; Candle Wax and Coffee Sweetener<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"NL\">Stratos III is comparable to its predecessor &#8211; the Stratos II from 2015. It is 8 metres long with the largest component being the propulsion system, which was designed by the students themselves. The propellant is the interesting mixture of laughing gas with candle wax, coffee sweetener and aluminum powder. This \u201crocket fuel\u201d is also self-made by the students and will eventually deliver 2500 kg of force, resulting in the rocket reaching a speed of 3 times the speed of sound, or more than 3600 km\/hr. Above the propulsion system, in the nosecone of the rocket, sits a scientific experiment, four cameras and the flight computer. After a flight of just over 10 minutes, the nosecone attached to a parachute will splash down in the sea.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5915429208715308501m_-3704313574989102088gmail-Body\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span lang=\"NL\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Stratos III will be carrying a payload from the Dutch Aeronautical and Aerospace Centre (NLR). NLR has made a prototype flight computer for the SMILE project, which will be tested during the flight. SMILE is a European project to develop and make a small satellite launcher for Europe. With a great increase in the launching of small satellites, the EU would like to become a big player in this market. The payload will take measurements during the flight with the aim to develop a better flight computer in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16439\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16439\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16439\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"StratosIII OnPad July 24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Stratos III on the launch rail on July 24, 2018.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16439\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StratosIII-OnPad-July24-2018.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Stratos III on the launch rail at the\u00a0El Arenosillo launch site in the south of Spain.\u00a0 July 24, 2018.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Updates are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/dare.tudelft.nl\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DARE Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>====<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update July.26.2018<\/strong>: The launch is postponed to no earlier than August 4th:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/missions\/nexo-ii\/\" target=\"_d\">Nex\u00f8 II \u2013 Copenhagen Suborbitals<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the non-profit volunteer Danish organization <a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copenhagen Suborbitals<\/a>\u00a0is preparing for a launch attempt this Saturday of the liquid bi-propellant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/nexo-ii-flight-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nex\u00f8 II<\/a> rocket. The rocket will launch from a platform towed out into the Baltic Sea near the\u00a0coast of the Danish island Bornholm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>All systems are GO \u2013 we are currently aiming for launch on July 28th between 8AM and 11AM UTC. Next GO\/NOGO is Monday July 23th where we evaluate the weather forecast.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is the latest video update:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_awuGt7miA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The organization is following a step-by-step development process towards eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/missions\/spica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching a person<\/a> on a suborbital rocket across the 100 km border to space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Nex\u00f8 II rocket will be\u00a0 the most advanced rocket build and launched by CS so far. The Nex\u00f8 rocket class is a technology demonstrator in advance of building the significantly bigger <a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/missions\/spica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spica rocket<\/a> that will take our astronaut to space. Thus, Nex\u00f8 is an important part of the Spica roadmap and the technology developed and used in the Nex\u00f8 class will be used in the Spica rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rocket is their most sophisticated yet:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Just as Nex\u00f8 I the Nex\u00f8 II rocket is powered by our own BPM5 engine providing a nominal thrust of 5000 N running on ethanol and liquid oxygen. It has a body diameter of 300 mm, a total length of 6.7 m and a dry weight of about 178 kg. With a target filling ratio of 85% propellants it will carry 114 kg propellants for a Gross Lift-Off Weight (GLOW) of 292 kg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a diagram of the rocket:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16437\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/nexo-ii-flight-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16437\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,712\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NEX\u00d8-II CUTAWAY\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1-1024x608.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16437 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1-1024x608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX\u00d8-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside look of Nex\u00f8 II. <a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NEX%C3%98-II-GREY-BG-CUTAWAY-4000px.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click for larger image<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Updates on the launch preparations can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_d\">Copenhagen Suborbitals Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=videogames&amp;banner=0YBSTB3PG6TJ80MABQG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=fef0176ddb8f1a2053cdf6c167e8a86b&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[\u00a0Update 2: The Stratos III lifted off on Wednesday evening but disintegrated after 20 seconds into the flight.:\u00a0Stratos III Failure | DARE Last night, we launched our Stratos III rocket attempting to break the European altitude record. The procedures took all night and finally around 3:30 in the morning the rocket lifted off successfully. Then, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16436\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockets: Dutch team aims to break European student rocket alt record + Copenhagen Suborbitals counts down to Nex\u00f8 II launch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4h6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18093,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18093","url_meta":{"origin":16436,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; March.5.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent items related to traveling to and through space: ** Randa Milliron and InterOrbital Systems are profiled in this article: The Rocket Woman and the Smallsat Invasion by Sarah Scoles \u2014 Winter 2019: The New Landscape in Space | The Wilson Quarterly Their first simple launcher was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1610398297","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4563,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4563","url_meta":{"origin":16436,"position":1},"title":"Rocketry: International Rocket Week report + USC student rocket group aims for space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A reporter learns about sports rocketry at the annual\u00a0 International Rocket Week held near the town of Paisley, Scotland: We have liftoff: the rocket enthusiasts having a blast in Scotland\u00a0 - The Guardian Once a year, enthusiasts converge on a wet and windy moor in Scotland to launch homemade rockets\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rocketry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rocketry","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4582,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4582","url_meta":{"origin":16436,"position":2},"title":"A beautiful shot of a missile in the night","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Anthony Galv\u00e1n III sends the following text and photo for a missile launch this morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base. 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