iPhone X
ƒ/1.8
4 mm
1/3,040
20
with Chris Kemp, CEO of Astra. So I had to launch a birthday candle rocket at well… below….
3 responses to “Rockets by the Ocean”
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Rocket 1,2,3 from Astra’s Analyst Day today. My fairing is from #2.
3.0 is 2x as big. "Based on feedback from Kuiper, we needed to double the payload. We had to redesign the entire rocket and launcher to double the tank size and double the thrust." My favorite Kemp quote from today: “The only sustainable advantage is learning faster than competitors. Launching is like learning.”
His is bigger. But mine was faster…
Our sea launch went from 0 to 1,363 MPH (Mach 1.8) in 2.6 seconds… with a glorious plume-to-rocket length ratio. According to RockSim, it topped out at 9,454 ft
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