Here is an update:http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/03/danish-teams-homemade-space-capsule-blasts-off/
designed to carry one tourist briefly into orbit
Launched from a submarine
Quote from: yg1968 on 06/03/2011 05:12 pmHere is an update:http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/03/danish-teams-homemade-space-capsule-blasts-off/Multiple U.S. sources are reporting that it went "two miles" or "three kilometers" high, with a total flight time of about 21 seconds. Danish sources, however, say 15-16 km. I think the U.S. sources are confused: 2 km and 21 seconds was when the rocket shut down its engine. Then it continued to coast far beyond that.
15-16 Km is certainly not outer space, and not quite the boundary region below space, but commendably the rocket flew higher than commercial jets fly.
the target was 15 km, but it reached 3 km, because a flight control system hasn't been implemented yet - it went off course and automatically aborted. This is also the reason why parachute deployment failed - the speed was too high at the time.
Pretty good for a first launch. Anyone who gets their rocket flying is doing a pretty good job.
Quote from: Danderman on 06/03/2011 08:21 pmPretty good for a first launch. Anyone who gets their rocket flying is doing a pretty good job.I don't think it's a first launch.
That's some thrust oscillation there, even at half speed.
The spcecraft took a hard landing and suffered quite some damage.