Hercules was launched on October 08 2023 at 12:20 on the airfield of Molinella in Italy. It attained an altitude of 820 meters or 2693 feet, with a maximum acceleration of 5.84G and a maximum velocity of 115m/s or 564km/h. The rocket was built of Quantum Tubing airframes with G12 Fiberglass fins and Nose Cone with some aluminium bulkheads. The flight electronics were composed of an Easy Mini from AltusMetrum and GERONIMO, a flight computer designed by IMF.Rockets. It was launched to pass the Tripoli Level 2 Rocketry Certification. What I learned from this rocket? Perseverance is the most important quality to achieve your goals.
| HEIGHT | 1.84m / 6.03ft |
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| DIAMETER | 0.079m / 0.20ft |
| MASS | 3.57kg / 7.87lb |
| MOTOR FLOWN | SOLID PROPULSION (J CATEGORY) |
We launched this rocket on the 1st of April 2023 in Molinella, Italy. DEDALUS attained an altitude of 800 meters or 2600 ft, nearly the height of the Burj Khalifa. The recovery system deployed the parachute successfully. DEDALUS carried Geronimo, a flight computer that took data like temperature and altitude and transmitted it to the ground station GENE, by radio communication.
| HEIGHT | 1.54m / 5.05ft |
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| DIAMETER | 0.086m / 0.282ft |
| MASS | 2.811kg / 6.197lb |
| MOTOR FLOWN | SOLID PROPULSION (I CATEGORY) |
We launched this rocket on the 1st of October 2022 at 16:24 to pass our Level 1 Tripoli Certification. It attained an altitude of 460 meters — nearly the height of the Empire State Building.
| HEIGHT | 1.44m / 4.59ft |
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| DIAMETER | 0.083m / 0.273ft |
| MASS | 1.977kg / 4.359lb |
| MOTOR FLOWN | SOLID PROPULSION (I CATEGORY) |