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I like the quiet calm of the night sky, punctuated by the piercing streak of a night launch. Photos from this evening.
Our posse had three successful launches by day, and two by night… photos below.
8 responses to “October Skies, at Night”
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My first night bird was a rebuilt LOC IV flying on a H120 Redline:
And then I probably set my night altitude record with the Nike Smoke on a J449 Blue Streak:
The dual rings of 24 LEDs blinking in synchrony were barely visible drifting under parachute against the star field, and we were briefly misled by a satellite streaking overhead. We had RF tracking as a backup to the visual tracking, and that helped find all of the airframe segments as they unscrewed at about 50 ft. and fell the last part separately. I built a really cool removable nosecone bulkhead that holds battery racks, flight computer and LED sequencers, but it needs a bit of work to lock down the "removable" features during flight recovery. =)
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not again ’til 2015
Here is the best blue night rocket I’ve seen.. click on photo there for the story.
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