{"id":8622,"date":"2014-08-19T15:38:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T19:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2014-08-31T18:30:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T22:30:50","slug":"gofast-2014-rocket-reaches-record-altitude-for-amateur-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8622","title":{"rendered":"GoFast 2014 rocket reaches record altitude for amateur team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-rocketman.com\/CSXT\/default.asp\" target=\"_d\">CSXT<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(<\/span>Civilian Space eXploration Team<span style=\"color: #000000;\">) on May 17, 2004 became the first amateur group to send a rocket t o\u00a0space (i.e. greater than 100 km or 62 miles) when their GoFast rocket reach 115 km (72 miles) high. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A new GoFast rocket was launched on July 14th this year and it broke their old record by reaching 117.6 km (73.1 miles) high. Here is a compilation of clips from cameras on the vehicle:<\/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\/001IXnp0ogc?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>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>GoFast 2014 Space Launch Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The GoFast 2014 rocket officially set a new world record on July 14, 2014 as the highest and fastest amateur rocket ever launched into space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Analysis of the data from the recovered military grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that flew onboard shows that the GoFast rocket reached 385,800 feet above mean sea level (73.1 miles) and hit a top speed of 3,580 miles per hour. The old record held by the CSXT\u2019s GoFast 2004 rocket was 72 miles with a top speed of 3,420 mph.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The GoFast 2014 IMU had flown successfully on four commercial space missions at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico and was calibrated using C-Band transponder US Army radar tracking data prior to its flight into space on the GoFast rocket July 14, 2014. Statistical analysis of the WSMR flights and the GoFast 2014 launch verifies the 73.1 miles attained by the GoFast rocket has a variation of 0.6 miles with a confidence level of 95%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Congratulations to everyone for a job well done! Thank you so much for everyone\u2019s participation and endless hours making this launch a success.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>GoFast 2014 list of accomplishments;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u2022 World record highest altitude rocket launch<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 World record fastest speed rocket launch<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 First photo taken from space onboard an amateur rocket<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Second amateur rocket in history to reach space<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update <\/strong>Aug.31.2014: \u00a0Here&#8217;s a photo of the CSXT group that launched the GoFast 2014 rocket:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CSXT-group-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8706\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CSXT-group-shot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"CSXT group shot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CSXT-group-shot.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8706\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CSXT-group-shot.jpg\" alt=\"CSXT group shot\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CSXT-group-shot.jpg 960w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CSXT-group-shot-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0CSXT\u00a0(Civilian Space eXploration Team) on May 17, 2004 became the first amateur group to send a rocket t o\u00a0space (i.e. greater than 100 km or 62 miles) when their GoFast rocket reach 115 km (72 miles) high. \u00a0 A new GoFast rocket was launched on July 14th this year and it broke their old record &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8622\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GoFast 2014 rocket reaches record altitude for amateur team<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[35,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-rockets","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2f4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13718,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13718","url_meta":{"origin":8622,"position":0},"title":"Video: German student group launches hybrid powered rocket to 32 km","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A German student rocketry group launched a sounding rocket powered by a\u00a0hybrid motor\u00a0(solid fuel, liquid oxidizer) to over 32 kilometers last November:\u00a0HyEnD - Hybrid Engine Development\u00a0(Link via\u00a0Commercial Space Blog) - On Tuesday 8th November 2016, 10:30 LT, -18\u00b0C: our Hybrid sounding rocket HEROS 3 rocket was launched from ESRANGE, Kiruna\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/duyNQs-oSVQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12909,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12909","url_meta":{"origin":8622,"position":1},"title":"Amateur rocket group Copenhagen Suborbitals to launch their most advanced rocket yet","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This Saturday\u00a0Copenhagen Suborbitals\u00a0will attempt\u00a0to launch its most ambitious rocket.\u00a0The Nex\u00f8 I\u00a0uses a liquid propellant engine and an active guidance system. 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