The Stratos II project is moving and well on its way to achieve the goal of building a sounding rocket going to 50km altitude, entirely designed by students. The pure technical side of the project is well on its way. There is however a lot more work to be done on the analytical and logistical…
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During the long weekend over Ascension Day (17 – 20 may) the hybrid propulsion team (Project Dawn) successfully launched “Morning Star”, the first ever hybrid-propelled rocket within DARE at the Model Rocket Flight Days (RJD 2012) in Roitzschjora, Germany. This technology demonstration flight marks a milestone for project Dawn and was the final step in…
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On Thursday the 16th of February a delegation of Project Stratos visited the company Dutch Space in Leiden, where they signed the Stratos II main sponsorship contract. The contract was signed with Bart Reijnen, the CEO of Dutch Space. Dutch Space B.V. is the largest space company in the Netherlands and is well known in the…
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In May the Stratos II concept launcher was launched; a rocket to test components developed for the Stratos II project. Another successful launch of the rocket was performed on the 9th of September, after an aborted launch attempt in June. After not being able to launch on the previous launch day in June, due to…
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By Hein Olthof, Team leader solid propulsion group. After a period of silence, the solid propulsion group started a new testing period. The goal was to further refine the propellant composition ALAN-7, and to characterize it. Three types of tests were performed: atmospheric burn tests, pressurized burn tests and shear strength tests. For…
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Today at 14:22, Stratos II was brought one step closer to its goal of 50km when the latest test rocket, the Stratos concept launcher, left the launcher tower at ASK ‘t Harde and flew to an altitude of 1 km. The separation of the nosecone occurred near apogee and roughly four seconds later, the parachute…
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As mentioned a few months ago we will launch a concept version of the Stratos II rocket. This Concept Launcher will only contain the upper part of the Stratos II rocket, being the nose cone and adjacent payload section. It will be propelled by the booster motor that powered Stratos I. With this launch…
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History was made on of Friday the 25th of March and a new era begun for DARE as the DAWN hybrid propulsion team made the first successful ignition of a hybrid engine within the student society. It also marks a great step forward in the development of the hybrid motor for Project Stratos II, DARE’s…
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On the 17th of March we broke the European altitude record for sounding rockets. Today we are still record holders. To celebrate the second anniversary of this event we will organize a lecture on the 17th of March about Stratos I and how we intend to secure our position as lead rocket building society with…
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The last couple of weeks, production on the ‘Concept Launcher‘ has finished. The Concept Launcher is developed as an operational test vehicle for the Stratos II Capsule. It will enable in-flight tests of different critical subsystems, like the ‘clamp-band’ separation system, the innovative recovery system and the complex flight computer. The Concept launcher will improve our knowledge of the capsule and…
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