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Re: The Launch Pad: Personal Spaceflight Industry – Reflections on the 5 Year Anniversary of the Ansari X PRIZE

Bogdan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:58:12 -0000

I would like to say 'thank you' for making all this possible.

Re: Mission 3 press conference

Bogdan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:39:48 -0000

That's a nice link. Fortunatelly for us, this is not the case, we are not building a double pendulum. Thanks for the link anyway.

Re: Mission 3 press conference

Bogdan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:27:51 -0000

It won't melt. This is one advantage of using monopropellant. We are not using very high temperatures. The engine itself is made of composite materials and we don't have big issues with the temperature.

Re: Mission 3 press conference

Bogdan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:23:31 -0000

Ok, that is the capsule. A lot of equipment is there - communication, video, GPS, etc. It is critical for us to recover the capsule.

Re: Mission 3 press conference

Bogdan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:53:01 -0000

Yes, that was he plan, to launch in August or September. We will launch from the Black Sea. From historical data, in October we have only 6 days that are suitable for our launch (wind speed, clear sky). We are ready to launch, but the launch authorisation that we received starts on Oct. 1st.

We are not happy with this either, but the good news is that we will launch.

The yellow thing is the rocket. Please have a look at the video, the launch sequence should become clear.

Re: ARCA Stabilo engine tests completed successfully

Bogdan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:55:39 -0000

One answer: Stabilo is for manned suborbital exploration. It is ready to be tested in real flight. Haas is a newer and more powerful launcher but we need more tests before a real launch. Therefore, for the next flight, we will use Stabilo's engine and fuel tank in an unmanned flight. Everything is modular, there are options. We can scale up and down.

The next target is 100 Km, not the Moon. One at a time... If we succeed, there will be another crucial milestone: getting into orbit. It's a long way to LEO...