The Launch Campaign
Today we want to tell you about the REXUS 25/26 launch campaign. We arrived in Kiruna on the 4th of March. Because eight members of our team are taking part…
Get to know: Our GCU
Today we want to introduce you to our GCU. GCU stands for Glider-Mounted Control Unit, which hints toward the placement of the PCB. It is mounted on top of the…
Get to know: Our RCU
In this article we will be telling you everything about our RCU. RCU stands for Rocket-mounted Control Unit and this PCB will - as you probably guessed already - be…
The IPR
IPR stands for Integration Progress Review and it is the third review we have in the course of our participation in the REXUS/BEXUS programme. The IPR is held at the…
Get to know: Our Ejection Mechanism
After telling you about our glider design, it is time to tell you everything about our ejection mechanism! The ejection mechanism is crutial to our experiment and therefore has to…
Get to know: Our Glider
In this blog post we want to tell you more about our glider and give you more detailed information on the glider's production process. We call our glider FGU (Free…
The CDR
CDR stands for Critical Design Review. It is the second review we have to pass during the experiment's duration. After the CDR the design is frozen, which means that no…
We made it into the MDR Thüringen Journal!
We were visited by the MDR Thüringen television crew last Friday!They shot a 2.5 minute TV report about our project. We were (and still are) pretty excited about that! First,…
The PDR
The PDR is the Preliminary Design Review. For the PDR we have to complete the first version of our SED.In it we have to provide a short introduction to our…
The SED
The SED is the Student Experiment Document and it plays a huge part in giving us an experience of how space-related projects work. In the SED we will be documenting…
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