This is story of the 2014 10 year reunion launch.
Saturday, February 08, 2014 7:55 AM
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Hi Everyone.
The launch date for the GoFast II launch has been set for July 14 at Black Rock Nevada with backup days the 15th and 16th. The mission setup and dress rehearsal will be all day on July 13th starting at 0800.
The target altitude for GoFast II is 80 miles! (422,400 feet) and a speed of Mach 6. The GoFast 2004 record is 72 miles and Mach 5.
The project is moving along very well. All the preparations are well underway including BLM and FAA approvals. The launch vehicle parts are in hand and we’ll start putting it together and testing in the next month.
Team Assignments;
Project management: Ky and Jerry
Rocket design, assembly, and test: Jerry, Tyler Larson, Erik Larson
Launcher: Jeff Jakob, Chip Dryden, Kim Cook, Jim Hoffman
Wind Weighting Team: Jim Hoffman, Erik Larson, Tyler Larson, Dan Hanle
BLM and RSO: Bruce Lee
FAA: Chuck Rodgers
Separation System: John Gormley
This will be fun. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Jerry
Go Fast 2014 Space Launch Team
The Go Fast 2014 rocket officially set a new world record on July 14, 2014 as the highest and fastest amateur rocket ever launched into space.
Analysis of the data from the recovered military grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that flew onboard shows that the Go Fast rocket reached 385,800 feet above mean sea level (73.1 miles) and hit a top speed of 3,580 miles per hour. The old record held by the CSXT’s Go Fast 2004 rocket was 72 miles with a top speed of 3,420 mph.
The Go Fast 2014 IMU had flown successfully on four commercial space missions at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico and was calibrated using C-Band transponder US Army radar tracking data prior to its flight into space on the Go Fast rocket July 14, 2014. Statistical analysis of the WSMR flights and the Go Fast 2014 launch verifies the 73.1 miles attained by the Go Fast rocket has a variation of 0.6 miles with a confidence level of 95%.
Congratulations to everyone for a job well done! Thank you so much for everyone’s participation and endless hours making this launch a success.
Go Fast 2014 list of amateur accomplishments:
· World record highest altitude rocket launch
· World record fastest speed rocket launch
· First photo taken from space onboard an amateur rocket
· Second amateur rocket in history to reach space
Jerry Larson
CSXT - Civilian Space eXploration Team
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