Original upload date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 07:24:39 GMT
On 25.01.2020, at the military training area in Drawsko Pomorskie in Poland, we conducted the first test flight of PERUN demonstrator.
PERUN is a single stage guided suborbital launch vehicle powered
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by a hybrid rocket engine and designed to provide high performance at a very low cost of operation. For the purposes of this test, the 11.5m long launch vehicle with a 0.45m diameter was powered by an SF200 hybrid engine with a total impulse of 200kNs.
The main goals of the test in Drawsko Pomorskie:
• Checking the new mobile rocket launcher at the training area
• Performing the start procedure including rocket launch.
• Maintaining communication with the rocket and obtaining data from the rocket in real time using RASEL - fully autonomous tracking and data transmission system for flying vehicles
• Rocket aerodynamics test during supersonic flight – second milestone of the project
• Test of the head-body separation system during the flight.
• Deploying parachutes at a certain height and landing the rocket
• Recover the rocket and transport it to the company's headquarters.
PERUN launched at 16:48, reached 1Ma velocity and the altitude 9.750m. All goals have been achieved!
Special thanks to the Defense Department of the Polish Space Agency as well as the Commander of the Military Training Area in Drawsko Pomorskie for the support provided during the organization of this test.