Why is this on ESA section?
Quote from: Satori on 10/07/2023 01:52 amWhy is this on ESA section?Do you mean it should go under:1) Suborbital instead? 2) Topic Heading align with all European Launches including but not exclusively ESA?3) Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.)?
Summary of events according to livestream:- Miura 1 successfully lifted off and reached MECO.- Apogee of ~47km, it was targeting 80km- Despite this, the launcher met all ascent objectives on its first launch attempt, according to CEO.- Miura 1 reentry test successful!!!
Quote from: catdlr on 10/07/2023 03:49 amQuote from: Satori on 10/07/2023 01:52 amWhy is this on ESA section?Do you mean it should go under:1) Suborbital instead? 2) Topic Heading align with all European Launches including but not exclusively ESA?3) Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.)?4. Move it to Commercial Space Flight General like most other commercial companies?
Lo conseguimos! - we made it! @intaespana Per aspera, ad astra! #VamosMIURA(📷@manumazzanti)
#MIURA1 , technical details @PLD_Space : we reached a height close to 50km, compared to the 80km initially planned. The explanation is:1) For safety, we change the trajectory to increase the portion of it over the Atlantic, “stretching it” and lowering the apogee
This was done to mitigate the affected area in the event of vehicle failure.2) To avoid increasing the aerodynamic load too much, we reduced the engine thrust time from 122s to 103s. In addition, we had uncertainty in the real thrust in SL which was good for us to make this change.
We have shown that #MIURA1 is a robust vehicle to be able to “adapt” different trajectories successfully based on need. We have covered all the objectives and we have made history.
The maximum value now is in ourselves, our engineering and program development, our systems management, procedures and flight analysis. We are ready to take on the development of the orbita launcher #MIURA5 , the big thing is on the way!
We begin to recover the videos from the launch of #MIURA1 . There is a lot of AWESOME material. In this video you can clearly see the rocket's umbilicals releasing. A relief. #VamoeMIURA !
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10/07/2023 03:51 amQuote from: catdlr on 10/07/2023 03:49 amQuote from: Satori on 10/07/2023 01:52 amWhy is this on ESA section?Do you mean it should go under:1) Suborbital instead? 2) Topic Heading align with all European Launches including but not exclusively ESA?3) Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.)?4. Move it to Commercial Space Flight General like most other commercial companies?please no commercial - that is just a collection of random stuff, where it is difficult to find anything (plus it is inconsistent which companies are there and which are not)... rename this section to "European Launchers" and move all european stuff here (e.g. RFA)
One team, one dream! Moments for posterity!Per aspera, ad astra! 💫 And Happy World Space Week!
We continue analyzing the data from the first release of #MIURA1 @PLD_Space and the videos continue to honor the epic feat. The vehicle's active fluid umbilical release system and release mechanisms worked perfectly. ✅ #VamosMIURA !
There was no damage to the ramp except for the fireproof covers of equipment and pipes that were torn off by the engine fire, something that was foreseeable and unimportant. No hydraulic equipment or sensors were damaged. ✅
Technical update: Re-entry of #MIURA1, secondary flight target. ------Vehicle re-entered with excellent aerodynamic braking, ejected braking parachute and braking parachute opened nominally (photo of previous qualification test performed).
#MIURA1 splashed down within the safety zone and within the planned splashdown area. Ships were outside the exclusion zone and took just over 1.5 hours to reach the zone.lost telemetry prior to splashdown, commanding vehicle passivation.
We collected a huge amount of aerodynamic data from the vehicle during re-entry, accelerations in various Mach regimes, something key to the development of the #MIURA5 re-entry strategy.
However, from the attitude data we believe that the water impact was lateral, an unfavorable load case and possibly the vehicle had an ingress of water that totally or partially sank the vehicle. Recovery efforts were unfeasible. After 8h we aborted the search.
As a reflection: since 1957 there have been ~6500 launches of which only 2 rockets (I don't consider the space shuttle) are reusable (Falcon9 and NewShepard). Total recovered rocket launches account for 3% of the total. Electron has recently been added.
What do I mean by this? It is obvious: recovering a rocket is as (or more) complex than launching it and it is understandable that doing it the first time is not possible. For us it was something secondary and sooner rather than later, we will achieve it. #VamosMIURA! @PLD_Space
Recovered or not recovered we are equally happy and satisfied with the success!
This is the last photo of #MIURA1 that I was able to take before its release. Also the first photo without him. It is something very emotional because this rocket made us make history and the entire team @PLD_Space will always be grateful. He did his job excellently. #VamosMIURA
