Copenhagen Suborbitals
Copenhagen Suborbitals ( CS) is a non-profit organization that has set itself the goal of the suborbital manned flight of a rocket. It was founded in 2008 by Danish architect Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen engineer. From Bengtson left the organization in February 2014.
The association works in a building ( Horizontal Assembly Building ) on the Danish island Refshaleøen in Copenhagen Harbour. Rocket launches are from a mobile platform ( Sputnik ) carried out in the Baltic Sea. The starting area has an approximate size of 70x35 km and is located near the island of Bornholm.
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Mission
Target of Copenhagen Suborbitals is to perform a sub-orbital flight of a manned rocket and space capsule. The capsules and rockets needed for this are being developed and built by Copenhagen Suborbitals.
All results obtained by CS and technical information is made freely available under the open source principle of universality.
It will be shown that space can be carried out by private individuals, away from state organizations. The funding is intended to be secured solely by private donations and sponsors.
History
The organization was founded in Copenhagen Suborbitals 1 May 2008, developed and built in 2010 a hybrid rocket, HEAT -1X - Tycho Brahe. This rocket with a 64 cm in diameter was driven by an engine (HEAT 1X booster), which operates with LOX, and polyurethane.
2010 was a first attempt to start the rocket HEAT -1X - Tycho Brahe. This failed, the rocket engine did not ignite. On 3 June 2011, a second launch attempt was performed. The engine was shut down early because the course deviation of the rocket was too large. The rocket reached an altitude of 2.8 km.
2012, a prototype of a liquid engine TM65 was completed. This engine is with ethanol ( 75%) and LOX operate and make a thrust of 65 kN. A first test in the test was announced on 7 May 2012 for the 17th May 2012. Then the TM65 was successfully ignited for about 30 seconds on May 20, 2012.
On 27 July 2012, the first two-stage rocket by Copenhagen Suborbitals was successfully launched on the Baltic Sea. The emerald - 1 has as the Heat -1X, a hybrid engine. Peculiarities were, inter alia, a rotation of the missile to the stabilization as well as a separation of the two stages by means of blowing of a rope. The missile lost shortly after launch (start acceleration > 10g ) with the tip of the electronics for telemetry transmission. The engines ignited successfully. The second stage was not completely filled with fuel for testing purposes. With emerald -2 greater altitude to be achieved.
In August 2012, the space capsule Tycho Deep Space was completed. It is similar to the command capsule of the Apollo program of NASA, but is smaller and has room for a pilot. In contrast to the Heat -1X, the pilot is in a lying position. The capsule has parachutes, a rescue rocket ( also hybrid drive ), which is mounted above and a system for erection of the capsule after splashdown. A main rocket that could launch this space capsule, is currently (2013 ) being planned. 2012, the swimming capability of the capsule was tested. and the separation of the capsule from the rocket apparatus checked on the ground.
On August 11, 2012, the space capsule was launched with the rescue rocket reached an altitude of about one kilometer. The rescue was planned rocket blasted off in flight from the space capsule and the capsule with the help of parachutes landed safely.
The rocket SAPPHIRE, a hybrid rocket with active steering system should be started as early as 2012. However, the completion of the Sapphire rocket was delayed until May 2013. Sapphire First flight of the missile took place on 23 June 2013.
On February 23, 2014 Copenhagen Suborbitals announced that founder Kristian von Bengtson leaves the organization.
Funding and support
Copenhagen Suborbittals is supplied by private donors and sponsors with the necessary financial resources. Furthermore, the association supports Copenhagen Suborbitals Support (CSS ) or Raketvenner Copenhagen Suborbitals.