06-24-2023, 07:12 PM
Motor choices have been made for the first high-altitude rocket.
this rocket will use commercial, off-the-shelf motors to keep things fairly simple. the main point of this rocket is to get experience sending things to the edge of space and, importantly, bringing them back.
there will be single stage and two-stage variations of this rocket, the single stage one intended to go ~50,000' above ground level, and the two-stage version designed for 90-120,000' above ground level. both designs will likely break mach 3.
this rocket will be launched within two years or less.
in the mean time, a rocket named "Risky Business" will break mach 2 for the purposes of testing avionics and structures in extreme G-load environments, as well as getting a little experience at higher speeds than the current fastest any of my rockets have gone, which is mach 1.2. this rocket will fly in the black rock desert this september-october.
this rocket will use commercial, off-the-shelf motors to keep things fairly simple. the main point of this rocket is to get experience sending things to the edge of space and, importantly, bringing them back.
there will be single stage and two-stage variations of this rocket, the single stage one intended to go ~50,000' above ground level, and the two-stage version designed for 90-120,000' above ground level. both designs will likely break mach 3.
this rocket will be launched within two years or less.
in the mean time, a rocket named "Risky Business" will break mach 2 for the purposes of testing avionics and structures in extreme G-load environments, as well as getting a little experience at higher speeds than the current fastest any of my rockets have gone, which is mach 1.2. this rocket will fly in the black rock desert this september-october.
Local rocket man