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Mach 2.8, 1100 pounds, 19 ft. tall on an 60 ft. tower. Biological sampling payload to see what microbes live up above the stratosphere, beyond the reach of balloons, at the edge of space…

The upper stage is a P-motor, with 2x the thrust of a cruise missile booster. The booster stage has three of those P-motors in a cluster.

Here’s the new Sony back story video

The design goal with this launch was to reach 150K ft. and then 400K ft. with Q motors. Project photo history

5 responses to “Mavericks Clotho Research Rocket 2nd Launch”

  1. too bad…great footage
    thanks !

  2. Love the earthy colors in the smoke.

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    Your picture deserves to be with all other photos with superb "IQ" – Image Quality. Please consider submitting this to the "IQ" – Image Quality Group.

  4. Hi, I’m an admin for the National Aerospace Week Contests group and this is an awesome aerospace shot!

    We’d love to have you submit this picture to the group – we are running a contest with a grand prize of an iPad!

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