The morning started with a surprise for Mark and Martijn. Esrange needed some extra eyes for the helicopter reconnaissance flight over the impact area before the REXUS 6 launch. Mark and Martijn gladly left their breakfast behind to make use of this kind offer. Two hours after the flight Esrange finally launched the REXUS 6. The launch was a really beautiful sight. Almost directly after the launch we started to prepare the motors. The first of the four booster motors is now ready for flight. We had to stop early with the preparations but we will continue early tomorrow morning at 4:00.

Although the primary flight system works fine we are still busy with the secondary systems. The camera still has some glitches. The MCU can turn the camera off but is not able to start it. Furthermore we can send data with our transmitter but we cannot decode it real-time, only record it. We are working to solve these last challenges before the launch.

Tomorrow at 4:30 the countdown of the REXUS 5 will commence. The planned launch is at 7:00 local time. Shortly after the launch we can continue with our own preparation and if all goes well we will launch tomorrow afternoon.