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Pretty Damn Cool.
Hey….. Can I use the club Submarine for my next class 3 project!
How come they get one? 🙂
Here is more info on the launch of this rocket, the Tyco Brahe. There are pictures of the launch and videos at Copenhagen suborbitals I picked this information off of http://www.aero-news.net. Enjoy! (How does one attach pictures to these files, such as Chris did of the circuit board of his Raven after his flight on Sunday?)
Top News
‘Home-Built’ Danish Rocket Makes Successful Unmanned Flight
Tue, 07 Jun ’11
Co-Designer Still Hopes To Fly The Single-Person Suborbital Spacecraft
After three years in development and one unsuccessful launch attempt, a rocket built by two Danish inventors has made a successful unmanned test flight.
Copenhagen Suborbitals Group had hoped the rocket would achieve an altitude of about 9 miles, but it was unclear if that objective was reached. The launch was made from a launch pad built on a barge off the island of Bornholm on Friday at 1632 local time.
Former NASA employee Kristian von Bengtsson, one of the HEAT1X-Tycho Brahe designers, told reporters after the launch that “(i)t is a success that we got the rocket off the ground, and I believe that we have written a bit of history.”
The French news service AFP reports that co-designer Peter Madsen still hopes to be able to fly the rocket on a suborbital mission in the near future. He said he would wait until there were three or four “problem free” flights before he would attempt to become the first Dane in space.
FMI: http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com
We are Good to Go with our scheduled and approved launch on Saturday April 5th and Sunday April 6th, from the North Site, subject to change – Mostly cloudy and High Winds predicted. Range and waiver should be active by 9AM on Saturday. The Pawnee National Grassland remains fragile and dry, so extra precautions are in order. Please stay on the authorized roads and please don’t park more than 100’ off the road at the flight line.