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On November 8, 2016, Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD), [13] a student team from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, launched the HEROS 3 (Hybrid Experimental ROcket Stuttgart) from Esrange Space Center in Northern Sweden to an altitude of above 30 km. [14] By this, the European altitude record for student programs and the World record for ...
A model rocket is a small rocket designed to reach low altitudes (e.g., 100–500 m (330–1,640 ft) for a 30 g (1.1 oz) model) and be recovered by a variety of means. According to the United States National Association of Rocketry (NAR) 's Safety Code, [ 1 ] model rockets are constructed out of lightweight and non metallic parts.
Having conducted multiple rocket launches in an attempt to establish altitude records, CSXT became the first entity to officially launch an amateur rocket into space on May 17, 2004, with the successful launch of its GoFast rocket to an altitude of 116 km (72 miles) above the surface, which was verified by FAA analysis of the team's flight data.
We broke the world record and sent a rocket higher than any [amateur] ever has.” College students break record for highest rocket launched by amateurs at 89 miles above Earth Skip to main content
Stratos includes the Stratos I rocket which was launched in 2009 and set the European altitude record for amateur rocketry at 12.5 km. [3] [4] The follow-up of this rocket was the Stratos II+, which was launched on 16 October 2015, reaching an altitude of 21.5 km and breaking the European altitude record. [5]
Apogee photograph taken by the onboard video camera from U.S. Water Rockets' record breaking X-12 Water Rocket at an altitude of 2,068 feet (630 m). The Guinness World Record of launching most water rockets is held by Royal College, Colombo when on 10 November 2017, they launched 1950 of them at the same time.
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A high-power rocket lifts off at Taupiri. The New Zealand Rocketry Association is a model rocketry organisation based in Auckland, New Zealand.The NZRA holds launches and meetings bi-monthly at its Taupiri launch site, [1] an hour south of Auckland, and has an annual launch day. [2]