BME students build Hungary’s first research rocket reaching a height of 9 kilometers
The team’s goal is to be the first to reach a height of 9 kilometers with their research rocket – the National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) informed in Hungary.
In the course of the project, a unique supersonic suborbital (flying faster than the speed of sound, not entering orbit around the Earth) research rocket is being made. The rocket will be 3 meters long and will have a solid propellant – read the announcement of the main supporter of the team.
THE BME Aerospace his team was launched in September 2021. The members of the 16-person team (11 men, 5 women) include electrical engineers, IT engineers, vehicle, mechanical and mechatronics engineers, doctors, astronomers, geophysicists, economists, lawyers and graphic designers. The goal of university students and the most renowned experts in the field is to design and assemble a rocket that can reach an altitude of 9,000 meters.
The team members will spend around 15,000 working hours on the implementation of the project until the competition. Development and laboratory tests are ongoing until mid-August. The rocket will be tested until the beginning of September, subject to obtaining the necessary permits and observing precautions. In September, they are preparing for a press event related to the launch of the rocket.
The team will then take part in the EuRoC 2022 international rocket competition in Portugal in October, where more than 500 students from 25 university teams will compete.
As they write, the team’s number one goal in the competition is to pass the Flight Readiness Review and Launch Readiness Review tests, with which the rocket is declared safe and launchable by international experts. After that, I want to reach the 9 kilometer height set as the goal of the category as accurately as possible with the rocket. Their other main goal is to carry out two scientific experiments: a biomedical experiment and an atmospheric physics experiment were placed on the device. The rocket is equipped with a self-developed computer and communication system.
The mission of the BME Aerospace team is supported by the representatives of the domestic aviation and space industry – universities, research institutes, companies, state actors – and research astronaut Bertalan Farkas and world aerobatic champion Péter Besenyei also assured the project of their personal support.
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