Function of the capsule The Stratos II team is split up into different teams, each team covering an important part of the Stratos II rocket. One of these technical teams is the Capsule team; they are in charge of designing, building and testing the capsule for the Stratos II rocket. The capsule is the…
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HYBRID Progress Report Tobias Knop, Stefan Powell, Ralph Huijsman, Rob Hermsen, Jeroen Wink, Robert Werner, Johnnes Ehlen, Felix Lindemann, Kapeel Samarawickrama. A BRIEF HISTORY Project DAWN was started by a group of students from the TU Delft in 2010. The initial objective was to investigate the concepts of a hybrid propulsion system. For this…
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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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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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Tuesday was another successful day for the Stratos Team. The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering organized an inflight call with André Kuipers from the International Space Station. The event was also attended by Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. The national press covered the story and Frank Engelen, the team leader of Project Stratos…
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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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