The Stratos launch has been rescheduled to Saturday, somewhere late in the morning or early afternoon, due to the fact that there are better conditions tomorrow for the launch. The exact launch time will be decided at 9:00. The ignition system test that was done this morning was succesfull. The final preparations of the rocket…
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The Stratos rocket is now set to launch today at 14:00. A decision to start launch procedures will be made at 12:00, the countdown will then start at 13:00. At this moment some final tests of the launch system are being performed and the electronics are being prepared for launch. When this is completed the…
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Late this morning Esrange finally saw the first rocket launch of the campaign: at 11:08 the REXUS 6 left its tower with a set of student experiments onboard. The closest place where the public could see the launch was on Radar Hill, a nearby hill named for the radar equipment present there. Standing there on same…
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The first possible launch opportunity to launch the Stratos rocket is this Friday afternoon, depending on the weather here at Esrange and the Rexus launches. The second balloon of the balloon campaign was launched yesterday evening, meaning that the balloon campaign has now finished. The Rexus 6 is set to launch on Thursday and then…
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