For anyone not following the project, here is a small status of where they are (please note that I'm just lurking - any errors below are mine):
Founded in 2008, as an open source and non-profit project. Currently about 40 people involved on a volunteer basis.
The support organisation has about 800 paying members.
The first major success was the flight of the HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe, a 6 meter 65 cm Ø rocket and launch vehicle, which was test fired over the Baltic sea on 3rd June 2011 and was aborted at an altitude of 2.8 km.
The HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe was passively stable and propelled by a Polyurethane fuel with LOX oxidizer.
After this, the focus shifted towards liquid propelled rockets (75% alcohol LOX) and currently the TM65 engine has been tested numerous times and is due for a launch next summer. In the most recent version the rocket is fed by a H2O2 driven Turbo pump and can provide around 65 kN of thrust.
http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/tm65.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM65
In parallel, work has been done on a number of other sub projects
Founded in 2008, as an open source and non-profit project. Currently about 40 people involved on a volunteer basis. The support organisation has about 800 paying members.
The first major success was the flight of the HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe, a 6 meter 65 cm Ø rocket and launch vehicle, which was test fired over the Baltic sea on 3rd June 2011 and was aborted at an altitude of 2.8 km.
The HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe was passively stable and propelled by a Polyurethane fuel with LOX oxidizer.
After this, the focus shifted towards liquid propelled rockets (75% alcohol LOX) and currently the TM65 engine has been tested numerous times and is due for a launch next summer. In the most recent version the rocket is fed by a H2O2 driven Turbo pump and can provide around 65 kN of thrust. http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/tm65.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM65
In parallel, work has been done on a number of other sub projects
- the launch vehicle Tycho Deep Space II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Suborbitals#Tycho_De...) - the Launch Escape System (LES) - the space suit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcZOsdoCjqU) - active stability system tested on the Sapphire rocket (http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/sapphire.php) which was successfully launched to a height of more than 8 km on June 23, 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcF5xNrb3HA&feature=c4-overvi...).
Also, the plans for the next version of the rocket (the HEAT 1600) which might use either a cluster of TM65s or a single engine. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/heat-1600-concept-...
A manned launch is 3–5 years away