Stratos II article in the Telegraaf
Happen to have seen “De Telegraaf” newspaper this morning? The Saturday science page includes a nice article about Stratos II! For those who do not receive the paper, check it out here:
Happen to have seen “De Telegraaf” newspaper this morning? The Saturday science page includes a nice article about Stratos II! For those who do not receive the paper, check it out here:
Since some time the DHX-200 Aurora rocket motor for the Stratos II rocket was set ready in the TNO rocket test facility in Rijswijk. This rocket motor that will propel the Stratos II rocket to 50 kilometres altitude of course needs to be tested to make sure that it can perform as expected. Stratos II…
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We are proud to announce that Stratos II has gotten the confirmation of its first official payload to be flown aboard of the rocket: the Hungarian institute for energy research will develop a small radiation measurement system to measure radiation levels in the higher layers of the atmosphere. The Stratos II team has been in contact…
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For the latest updates on the propulsion test campaign at TNO, click here. Today the hybrid propulsion team “Dawn” was awarded the TU Delft Universiteitsfonds teamwork prize for their work and progress over the past three years. After three teams, including Dawn, gave a the presentation this afternoon to a jury and audience, they…
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Last Saturday the propulsion team performed a successful ignition test. During a rainy test day on the architecture field the full scale motor ignited on the first try. This is the build up for the full scale tests that the team will start with this week. The ignition makes use of a bypass valve…
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Last week an update story of the Stratos II team appeared in the Leonardo Times magazine published by the VSV Leonardo da Vinci, the study-society of the Aerospace Faculty of the TU Delft. The four paged article is written, by team member Maarten Haneveer, to bring all students of the Aerospace Faculty again up to…
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It has been a busy few weeks; The Stratos II propulsion team is working flat out getting ready for a sequence of systems tests and finally a full scale motor test of the Aurora motor at TNO in late April. Production of major parts such as a ¼ size tank for the second tank test…
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Recently Stratos and DARE has been present at several events. A few of those are described here. Precisiebeurs On the 28th and 29th of November a small delegation consisting of the Head of Operations, Technical Manager and the Head of Public Relations represented Project Stratos on the yearly Precisie Beurs (Precision Fair) in Veldhoven. The precision…
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On Thursday the 3th of May 2012, the hybrid propulsion team of the Stratos II project (named Dawn) successfully tested their flight engine. This hybrid rocket engine has been developed based on the research they have done during the whole span of the project. Now finally they are ready to go for the first attempt…
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On Friday, March 30th, the first BEM, or Ballistic Evaluation Motor (see the previous solid six post: from desktop to tabletop) has experienced its inaugural firing! An 8-second burn with a roaring sound and a huge flame marked the start of a new test campaign. The concept of the BEM seems to work as we…
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