Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ƒ/8
100 mm
1/5,000
1250

24 ft. tall. 120 lbs.
Staging N to N to L-size motors.

Adrian Carbine and team from Portland Oregon launched this three-stage tower of power late in the day, making for some wonderful lighting. The CTI N4100 booster burns a brilliant red at takeoff. It then stages a CTI N1100 moonburner that will take the rocket past Mach 2 as it burns for 12.5 seconds. It appears that the third stage did not light, but it was out of sight for me. Each stage has it’s own computer and parachute recovery system. More details below.

Short HD launch video.

8 responses to “Triple Threat”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Adrian’s description:
    “The rocket is built of carbon fiber and fiberglass, weighs 60 lbs without propellant, and double that at the pad.

    The flight simulates to just under 100k ft at apogee, and Mach 2.5 at sustainer burnout. For electronics it has 6 altimeters, 3 timers, and 3 transmitters — one of which is the new version BeelineGPS which transmits live sustainer flight status and GPS coordinates/altitude to anybody with a TNC-enabled HAM radio. Booster stage separation:

    IMG_9082

    There are four Rousetech CO2 systems on-board: two for staging separation and two for drogue separation at apogee. Recovery for the 2nd and 3rd stages is under Rocketman drogue chutes at apogee, leading to Skyangle main chutes at ~1000 ft AGL. The first booster recovers undar only a single Skyangle main chute at apogee.”

    We have liftoff:
    IMG_9049

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  2. Astrocatou Avatar
    Astrocatou

    wow………….!!
    Thats all I got…
    Too bad about the third stage…
    Look forward to more info..

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  3. Spaceaholic.com Avatar
    Spaceaholic.com

    Isnt 100K pushing up against the FAA altitude waiver for the site? What happens if they bust the cap?

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Space Police….

    Space, the Final Frontier

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  5. solerena Avatar
    solerena

    Beautiful in two stages… space police??

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  6. rwoodworkr Avatar
    rwoodworkr

    Space patrol to space station dispatch: Speeder sighted at 31,810 ft. heading east. See coordinates on screen. Send additional units for intercept. Will try to apprehend. Patrol out.

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  7. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Heh… Wait a minute… Those are in meters !!

    Do you realize you were speeding?

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  8. rwoodworkr Avatar
    rwoodworkr

    Meters!? Ack! Collision impending!

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