Students team AGH Space Systems successfully tested the first experimental rocket created entirely at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow. The rocket reached the ceiling assumed a thousand meters, and in the future will allow conducting experiments in space.
Rocket launch was held at the training ground in Drawsko Pomorskie during the nationwide event “Flights Experimental Rocket”, organized by the Polish Society for Rocket.
“Start team AGH Space Systems on the largest training ground in Poland ended up reaching the ceiling assumed thousand meters, after which the rocket safely dropped by parachute. The flight was fully automated and all the time was able to maintain communication with a remote ground station” – informs the sent to PAP spokesman Bartosz AGH Dembinski.
A two-meter rocket in consecutive starts can rise to a height of several tens of kilometers. In the near future will allow to carry out various experiments in space.
“The main advantage of the rocket is its low weight – 4.5 kg – which was achieved through the use of carefully selected materials (such as Kevlar and fiberglass). Test BETA rocket is equipped with a special module, which can be adapted to different sizes loads. An important element of the design is also a universal mounting system that allows placement of complex equipment to carry out scientific research and experimental “- said in a statement sent to the University.
As emphasized by students, rocket launch is for them culmination of several months of intensive work and back to the history of the first Polish missile, launched at AGH 50 years ago by Polish pioneer of astronautics – prof. Jack Walczewski.
Film coverage of “Flight Experimental Rocket” in Drawsko Pomorskie can be found on the website.
PAP – Science in Poland
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