Danish Amateur Rocket Test Was a Success

Svippy writes "At 16:32 CEST, the amateur-built Danish rocket 'Tycho Brahe' successfully made it up and down again (Danish link)." Here's an English translation via Google Translate. The article includes a video of the launch, which is a mix of Danish media coverage and English launch chatter.

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[Anonymous Coward]

At least link the guys [copenhagen...bitals.com] that made it happen.

Re:Success? In going up sure...

[KublaKhan1797]

They manually aborted the burn after 21 seconds because the trajectory wasn't stable and they wouldn't risk it leaving the range. The parachutes were then deployed while the rocket was still supersonic something they were never designed for and shredded. However, the unstable trajectory was more less expected as the HEAT 1x has no active stabilization. Next years version should have active stabilization, though. Still, a quite successful launch attempt I think, especially considering the pricetag of a mere $60K!

Re:Success? In going up sure...

[Jarik C-Bol]

when the defined goal for the launch is something along the lines of "Get it off the ground without it exploding" then yes. "it didn't blow up" is a resounding success. the fact the abort worked, and the parachute deployed at all all can be considered resounding bonus success in this case.