Rocket engineering students at the Budapest University of Technology
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23713/HT.58.2.08Keywords:
sounding rocket, BME Aerospace Team, space industry, space research, Aether S, atmospheric physicsAbstract
The BME Aerospace Team is an innovative student rocketry team, the first in Hungary to reach an altitude of 7,000 meters with their Aether S sounding rocket. The Aether S achieved a maximum speed of 750 m/s (Mach 2.2), a European speed record for student teams. They experimented with human bone tissue cells in their rocket and also carried out an atmospheric physics measurement. This article – with an educational intent – describes the BME Aerospace Team, the development, construction and flight performance of the Aether S, and the scientific experiments it has carried out.
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