The new Kate 2.0 system was successfully flown to over 142,000 feet by the team of Jim Jarvis, Stu Barrett and Jerry McKinlay at the Balls-28 launch held in the Black Rock desert on Sept 21, 2019. The Kate 2.0 system controlled all flight operations including staging, deployment, GPS tracking and telemetry downlink. It was an outstanding flight! It reached Mach 3.66. The second stage was safely recovered 9.1 miles from the launch pad.
On-board video, photos and flight data are now posted on the Multitronix website. Here is a link.
More information about the new unlimited altitude Kate 2.0 GPS system can be found here.
More information about the Kate 2.0 pyro board that provides deployment and staging capability can be found here.
On-board video, photos and flight data are now posted on the Multitronix website. Here is a link.
More information about the new unlimited altitude Kate 2.0 GPS system can be found here.
More information about the Kate 2.0 pyro board that provides deployment and staging capability can be found here.