The micro spacecraft (MSC) will be launched by a HEAT rocket to an altitude above 100 km. Prior to re-entry it will jettison the booster and decelerate by a succession of parachutes. This version named "Tycho Brahe 1" is 640 mm in diameter and should support a crash test dummy in a August 2010 flight to 40 km. The temperatures are expected to be below 200°C rendering a heat shield superfluous. However a cork heat shield is added in order to test its adhesion at supersonic flights.
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2010-05-16
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