Overview

This flight was originally scheduled for June of 2018. It was then scheduled for March 2019. It finally flew on July 6, 2019. This vehicle was a continuation of the work done on Hermes Flight 1.

Goals

Team:

1. Fly to 80,000 ft

2. Recover to reflyable condition

3. Collect data: Nose cone heating throughout flight, load data from parachutes, visual data of parachutes, altitude, acceleration, vibration (NC and lower electronics)

 

Flight Data Files

Pyxida

TeleMetrum

 

Marsa: 

 

Weather

https://weatherspark.com/y/3193/Average-Weather-in-Truth-or-Consequences-New-Mexico-United-States-Year-Round

 

Parameters

Nominal Value

Launch Tower Ht.

 

Launch Site Altitude

1406m

Landing Site Altitude

 

Temperature

68-95

Baro Pressure

29.68 Hg

Latitude

32.9904

Longitude

106.9750

Time

Windspeed

7AM

NNW

Wind:3.728 mph

 

4PM

N

Wind:6.836 mph

 


ParameterImperialMetric
Mass167.4 lbs75.9 kg
Length12'8"3.86 m
MotorP9100
Maximum Altitude12,000 ft3658 m
Maximum Velocity2038 mph911 m/s

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