Rexus 7 successfully launched
Launch of Rexus 7 Preparations of the experiment MONDARO Dörte Petzsch, team leader of the MONDARO team
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The student rocket REXUS 7 successfully launched
Today at 08:25 local time the first student rocket planned for this week, REXUS 7, was successfully launched from SSCs launch facility Esrange Space Center. The rocket carried three student experiments onboard. The rocket reached an altitude of 83 km and landed north of Esrange Space Center. The recovery operation has started and the payload will be brought back to the students by helicopter for further analysis.
The three experiments onboard were; VIBRA DAMP with the aim to analyse disturbing forces during weightlessness, MONDARO, measuring neutral-gas density in the atmosphere and BUGS, deploying a satellite boom for gravity gradient attitude stabilization. Read more about the experiments onboard REXUS 7.
Giving the next generation of space engineers the chance to take part in a real space mission, already during the student phase is a deliberate attempt to prepare the students for their future career
"I learned so much more from this experience than I would ever learn during my normal physics studies", says Dörte Petzsch, team leader of the MONDARO team from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Kuehlungsborn near the University of Rockstock in Germany. "Now it seems as the flight was successful and Im looking forward to analysing the data".
The next student rocket, Rexus 8, is scheduled for launch on Thursday later this week. Read more about the Rexus programme on www.rexusbexus.net
For more information please contact: Mr. Olle Persson SSC project manager at Esrange Space Center Tel: +46 980 72205 or +46 70 297 22 05 E-mail: olle.persson@esrange.ssc.se or Mrs. Johanna Bergstrom-Roos Information manager at Esrange Space Center, SSC Phone: +46 8980 720 24 or +46 70 544 60 21 E-mail: johanna.bergstrom-roos@esrange.ssc.se
The REXUS/BEXUS programme The REXUS/BEXUS programme is realised under a bilateral Agency Agreement between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). The Swedish share of the payload has been made available to students from other European countries through collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). EuroLaunch, which is cooperation between the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of DLR, is responsible for the campaign management and operations of the launch vehicles. Experts from ESA, SSC and DLR provide technical support to the student teams throughout the project.
REXUS and BEXUS are launched from SSCs facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.