{"id":9618,"date":"2015-01-09T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9618"},"modified":"2015-01-09T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:40:00","slug":"south-african-rocketry-association-building-and-launching-hybrid-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9618","title":{"rendered":"South African Rocketry Association building and launching hybrid rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Gomersall dropped me a note about\u00a0SARA – South African Rocketry Association<\/a>. He says that they<\/p>\n

have been around since the early 90’s and have been experimenting in amateur rocketry ever since.<\/p>\n

In 2013 we built, launched, tracked and recovered an N-class hybrid rocket (Vulcan 2<\/a>) to 9.5 kilometers. We will have another attempt this year hopefully in March to go higher with Vulcan 3 – More info on www.sarocketry.co.za<\/a> and on Facebook – SARA rocketry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"image020[1]\"<\/a>Vulcan 2 hybrid rocket launch by SARA on Sept. 23, 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"PIC10[1]\"<\/a>GPS tracking of the Vulcan 2 trajectory.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"PIC3[1]\"<\/a>The SARA team at\u00a0the launch.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justin Gomersall dropped me a note about\u00a0SARA – South African Rocketry Association. He says that they have been around since the early 90’s and have been experimenting in amateur rocketry ever since. In 2013 we built, launched, tracked and recovered an N-class hybrid rocket (Vulcan 2) to 9.5 kilometers. We will have another attempt this … Continue reading South African Rocketry Association building and launching hybrid rockets<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-rocketry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2v8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13718,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13718","url_meta":{"origin":9618,"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 "Education"","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":7047,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7047","url_meta":{"origin":9618,"position":1},"title":"Model rocketry history + Northwest Xtreme Rocket Show","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an overview of the history of model rocketry:\u00a0The Dangerous Origins of Model Rocketry - i09.com. 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