{"id":4878,"date":"2013-10-11T04:55:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T04:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4878"},"modified":"2013-10-11T04:55:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T04:55:55","slug":"copenhagen-suborbitals-preparing-for-heat-2x-and-2x-capsule-launch-in-2014-space-suit-testing-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4878","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen Suborbitals: Preparing for Heat-2X and 2X-capsule launch in 2014 + Space suit testing video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copenhagen Suborbitals<\/a>\u00a0posts an update on their current work, which is focused on preparations to launch the Heat-2X rocket with the 2X-capsule next summer:\u00a02X-Capsule Design for Download and Suggest a Name – Wired Science<\/a><\/p>\n

In short, the HEAT2X-launch vehicle will take the 2X-capsule to app 70+ km (apogee kind of changes every week). HEAT2X is our pressure-fed LOX\/Alcohol Bi-propellant engine and the total diameter of the rocket is app 640 mm. The complete engine is being tested live ultimo December \u2013 this year. Hold on to your hats and trousers.<\/p>\n

The 2X-capsule has been chosen to meet certain requirements and to perform certain tests \u2013 which we are not capable of doing elsewhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are also requesting suggestions for a name for the capsule<\/p>\n

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And here is a video about their space suit testing in a freefall wind chamber:<\/p>\n

Caption:<\/p>\n

During the visit at Copenhagen Suborbitals by DIY space suit guys Cameron Smith and John Haslett we performed freefall testing donned the suit. This procedure must be rehearsed in the case of emergency bail-out during capsule descent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n