In the previous post you read on our website you will have been able to see that the last tests at the TNO laboratory a few weeks ago did not end so well for our hybrid rocket engine (article). Just like the last tests in May the combustion chamber failed a few seconds into the…
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Developing and building a rocket is never smooth sailing, as has been shown again. Last Wednesday the Stratos II propulsion team was ready for another test of the Aurora engine at the test facility at TNO. Unfortunately again, just like the previous test, the rocket motor combustion chamber ruptured a few seconds into the burn.…
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In the dark rocket test tunnel at TNO in Rijswijk the biggest machine ever build by Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering has been erected to demonstrate its power in the full scale, full duration tests of the Stratos II rocket engine. Already in May this year we were shown the first glimpses of what…
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Yesterday the Stratos II team and Delft Dynamics, a TU Delft spin-off company that produces small unmanned aerial vehicles, agreed on flying a small camera and video link on-board of the Stratos II rocket. Delft Dynamics is a company that produces small unmanned aerial vehicles. They started off in 2006, founded by 4 engineers…
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The Stratos II team is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for the “Luchtvaart- en Ruimtevaart fonds” prize 2013! As announced today by the Dutch “Luchtvaart- en Ruimtevaart fonds“ (Aeronautics and Astronautics fund), the Stratos II project has been nominated for their yearly prize to promote practical educational projects in the…
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Last Tuesday a workshop on radio transmission and receiving took place, jointly organized by DARE and National Instruments. The workshop took place in the Korolev lab in the EWI building of the TU Delft. National Instruments is a worldwide leading company on the area of data acquisition and mechatronics. Measurement equipment developed by them…
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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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It has been a bit quite on our website regarding the TNO test campaign. That is because there is currently not a lot happening. The wind is still not blowing from the right direction and we are hoping for better weather. The forecasts for this Wednesday and Thursday look good so keep an eye open…
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