RGClark
Mathematician
This seems to be saying that Princeton's Rocketry Club will be making an attempt at a flight beyond the 100 km von Karman line in May, 2018:
https://rockets.princeton.edu/spaceshot
If so, then we may have a space race between Princeton and USC, which earlier announced they'll make a suborbital space flight attempt April, 2018:
https://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iii/
The Princeton rocket appears to be based on the famous Super Loki boosted dart suborbital launcher:
Space Data PWN-12 Super Loki ROBIN.
https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/n-12.html
That page doesn't give the weight of the Super Loki ROBIN, but it's probably somewhat less then this version which weighed 31 kg:
Space Data PWN-10 Super Loki Datasonde.
https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/n-10.html
The ROBIN version used a lighter and thinner "dart" than the Datasonde version that allowed it to reach beyond 100 km altitude. The Datasonde version was limited to 70 km altitude.
A little more about the Princeton project here:
Iain in Princeton Rocketry April 20, 2018
Princeton Rocketry Club Aiming for May Spaceshot.
https://mach5lowdown.com/2018/04/20/princeton-rocketry-club-aiming-for-may-spaceshot/
It discusses the Princeton rocket will use commercial motors. Using commercial motors gives you another level of safety.
Also, it seems to saying here it's somewhat different than the Super Loki because it does have motors in the second stage.
If Princeton succeeds, then given the rockets small size of less than 31 kg, it's probably a launch other universities with high power rocketry programs could emulate.
Bob Clark
https://rockets.princeton.edu/spaceshot
If so, then we may have a space race between Princeton and USC, which earlier announced they'll make a suborbital space flight attempt April, 2018:
https://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iii/
The Princeton rocket appears to be based on the famous Super Loki boosted dart suborbital launcher:
Space Data PWN-12 Super Loki ROBIN.
https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/n-12.html
That page doesn't give the weight of the Super Loki ROBIN, but it's probably somewhat less then this version which weighed 31 kg:
Space Data PWN-10 Super Loki Datasonde.
https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/n-10.html
The ROBIN version used a lighter and thinner "dart" than the Datasonde version that allowed it to reach beyond 100 km altitude. The Datasonde version was limited to 70 km altitude.
A little more about the Princeton project here:
Iain in Princeton Rocketry April 20, 2018
Princeton Rocketry Club Aiming for May Spaceshot.
https://mach5lowdown.com/2018/04/20/princeton-rocketry-club-aiming-for-may-spaceshot/
It discusses the Princeton rocket will use commercial motors. Using commercial motors gives you another level of safety.
Also, it seems to saying here it's somewhat different than the Super Loki because it does have motors in the second stage.
If Princeton succeeds, then given the rockets small size of less than 31 kg, it's probably a launch other universities with high power rocketry programs could emulate.
Bob Clark