Dear readers. It has been quite a while, but we finally put out another newsletter on the Stratos II project. In this small, concise document you can read in a short summary about the latest developments of the Statos II project. For the latest updates and more in depth information check our online blog updates…
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Between June and August 2014 five static tests (#6 – #10) took place with the DHX-200 Aurora hybrid propulsion system after the motor had been on the test stand five times at the facilities of TNO, Rijswijk in 2013. This was the final set of full scale ground tests to be conducted with this system before the launch…
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Today (the 24th of June 2014) we are officially 100 days away from the launch of Stratos II! And is was noticable here in Delft, as everyone has been very busy in the last few weeks. Our amounts of updates on the site have been a bit behind due to all the activities, so let…
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DARE is proud to announce that in cooperation with Futura Composites the glass fiber nosecone and upper body tube of the Stratos II project have been produced. The body tube and nosecone are critical parts of the capsule. They carry all the structural loads that the capsule will experience during flight. During the past few months a…
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Over the past week, the propulsion team has been busy preparing for the last full-scale test. During the previous test, we encountered another burn trough of the chamber (see the previous story). Investigation of the chamber and grain afterwards suggested that the grain cracked during operation resulting in the flame reaching the wall. The…
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DARE is proud to announce the cooperation with Peekstok, a metal working company from the Rotterdam area. Peekstok will be producing several bulkheads for the Stratos II capsule module and the injector manifold for the hybrid engine. Peekstok is a metal working company that specializes in the machining of parts for the shipbuilding and…
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The last months the Stratos II capsule team spent a lot time in finishing the design of the Stratos II Capsule. Finally last Monday they presented the final design of to all other DARE members. The main purpose of the capsule is to provide a safe structure for the payloads and electronics and to bring…
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In the previous post you read on our website you will have been able to see that the last tests at the TNO laboratory a few weeks ago did not end so well for our hybrid rocket engine (article). Just like the last tests in May the combustion chamber failed a few seconds into the…
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Developing and building a rocket is never smooth sailing, as has been shown again. Last Wednesday the Stratos II propulsion team was ready for another test of the Aurora engine at the test facility at TNO. Unfortunately again, just like the previous test, the rocket motor combustion chamber ruptured a few seconds into the burn.…
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Last Tuesday a workshop on radio transmission and receiving took place, jointly organized by DARE and National Instruments. The workshop took place in the Korolev lab in the EWI building of the TU Delft. National Instruments is a worldwide leading company on the area of data acquisition and mechatronics. Measurement equipment developed by them…
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