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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 with the team in Hungary for a few months now and the technological developments are already well on its way. Now however we have put our agreement down on paper and both parties signed a contract to bind their agreement. The Hungarian group, also consisting mostly of students, will build a payload for on board of the rocket developed by the students from Delft.

The payload that will be flow will consist of a Geiger counter that will be able to detect high energy particles passing through. As is generally known, the atmosphere of the Earth protects us against much of the energetic particles coming at us from outer space. However the higher you go up, the less atmosphere is above you to block this radiation. Measuring the radiation levels in higher layers of the atmosphere can give useful insights in the amount of radiation arriving at Earth, how much of it passes through the atmosphere and how and where in the atmosphere this radiation is absorbed.

The Stratos II team is looking forward to a good cooperation with the team from Hungary. There are negotiations underway with a number of other different parties interested in also flying a payload and hopefully we can soon also make these official.