Copenhagen Suborbital kick off campaign - July 27-29

• #60 by Morten C. on 27 Jul, 2012 13:57
• Gallery with pictures of the launch
  
  
  ^{Foto: Jev Olsen/CS}
  
  Watch the rocket nose cone being ripped off
  
  
• #61 by mr. mark on 27 Jul, 2012 14:07
• Hopefully, they will learn from this and move on with a second launch.
• #62 by Morten C. on 27 Jul, 2012 14:15
• Quote from: mr. mark on 27 Jul, 2012 14:07

  Hopefully, they will learn from this and move on with a second launch.
  

  
  I am sure they will. Learn a lot from mistakes.
  
  There is already talks about making a stronger nose cone. But lets hear what they say when they get to Nexoe Port. Also looking forward to see what pictures and video they got.
  
  Regards
  Morten
• #63 by Morten C. on 28 Jul, 2012 09:20
• For some reason this video was removed and reposted,so here it is again
  
  
  
• #64 by Morten C. on 01 Aug, 2012 16:19
• Some evaluation of the launch.
  
  
  
  Wired blog with more information
  SMARAGD-1 Launch Evaluation
  
  More pictures
  Gallery
  
  Article on Space.com
  Danish Space Travel Team Launches Private Rocket Test
  
  Summary video of the day at the Baltic sea
  
  
  Slowmotion of the seperation
  
  
  What they did manages to get out of the payload, before it broke off and hit the water.
  
  
  Enjoy
  
  Regards
  Morten
  
• #65 by mr. mark on 01 Aug, 2012 16:29
• I know this is a research/amateur based institution but, it seems as if they are running rough shot in their learning curve. Possibly over packing parachutes on a upcoming LES test and saying that their sounding rocket was partially a success when there was a catastrophic payload failure which resulted in the rocket only achieving several thousand feet does not inspire. Better to concentrate on one aspect of operations may be best. Get the sounding rocket right before moving forward with other things. Much can be learned from US commercial sounding rocket firms such as UP aerospace which has had several successful launches. That said I still believe in what they are doing and hope for every success in the future. 
• #66 by Morten C. on 01 Aug, 2012 16:50
• Quote from: mr. mark on 01 Aug, 2012 16:29

  I know this is a research/amateur based institution but, it seems as if they are running rough shot in their learning curve. Possibly over packing parachutes on a upcoming LES test and saying that their sounding rocket was partially a success when there was a catastrophic payload failure which resulted in the rocket only achieving several thousand feet does not inspire. Better to concentrate on one aspect of operations may be best. Get the sounding rocket right before moving forward with other things. Much can be learned from US commercial sounding rocket firms such as UP aerospace which has had several successful launches. 
  

  
  I do tend to agree. Although CS is divided in 2 main departments: Rocket engines and spacecrafts. Kristian von Bengtson, needs to test his subsystems to move on in his department. You could say it would be easier to drop TDS from a plane, but that is not allowed, so a LES system was made. And by doing so there have been some spinoff like explosive bolts etc. Funny enough it is allowed to have a man jump from a plane to test the parachutes.
  
  But they do have lots of projects going on, maybe to many