USC Video. Traveller IV launched on 21 April 2019 and reached 103,571 m with 90% certainty using 81.6 kg of solid propellant. Traveller III had launched on 29 September 2018, but the parachute failed to deploy due to the avionics not being turned on.
By Alexandra Miller and Thomas RuddenA documentary following the students of the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab, the first student group to successfully launch a rocket into space, embark on their next mission - an attempt to build a high-altitude rocket that gets the club and their spaceshots back on track.
Oct 24, 2023Shockwave is the Most Powerful Solid-rocket Motor Ever Fired by Students! As well as the Most Powerful Composite-Case Solid-rocket Motor Ever Fired by Amateurs'!Motor Classification: R-classThrust: 4,221 lbf (Vacuum) / 3,796 lbf (Sea-level)Chamber Pressure: 831 psiBurn Time: 16 sTotal Impulse: 53,059 lbf-s (Vacuum) / 45,698 lbf-s (Sea-level)Specific Impulse: 266 s (Vacuum) / 229 s (Sea-level)Propellant mass: 199 lbmNote: Smoke from case was not a result of combustion chamber leakage and did not affect the structural integrity of the CFRP case.