Krakowscy students want to conquer the universe. Schoolboys from the University of Science and Technology have developed rocket, which for now will be used to study the upper atmosphere, but may soon rise even higher. Its first flight the rocket is already behind.



 
                                                     
Construction of the missiles lasted eight months / AGH / Press releases

Students tested a rocket at the training ground in Drawsko Pomorskie. Start took place during the nationwide event “Flights Experimental Rocket”, organized by the Polish Society for Rocket.

Developed by students of Krakow prototype reached the ceiling assumed thousand meters. Later safely dropped by parachute.

The rocket is capable of carrying out experiments in space. Its construction lasted 8 months. Worked on it 20 people.

Its main advantage is its low weight – 4,5 kg. How provide its creator, a two-meter rocket in consecutive starts can rise to a height of several tens of kilometers.

(MPW)