The dress rehearsal of the Stratos II launch took place on the 28th and 29th of August 2014 inside the Dreamhal Building of the TU Delft. During the rehearsal the electronics team, capsule team and the propulsion team assembled their systems. Moreover, the launch tower set-up and the mounting of the rocket were rehearsed and…
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The new website is already buzzing with activity, and here is yet another news blog concerning yet another team of the Stratos II project; the Capsule & Recovery team. The past few weeks we have performed considerable rocket-craft in our workplaces and the composites lab of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering. The main objective was to…
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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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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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The Stratos II project is jet again one step closer to lift-off. On the 9th of April, the Capsule team has performed its second series of successful parachute experiments in the Open Jet Facility of the TU-Delft. In contrast to the previous experiments which were on chute stability and drogue vs. squid bag, these tests…
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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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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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We are tired, but satisfied enjoying our pizza and beer. We are processing the video footage and are almost ready to upload. At 22:30 we are going to watch “Hart van Nederland” which is a national television program. They joined us almost the whole day and made an item about the launch. So the story…
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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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