The Starchaser Foundation, together with RDT are not only chasing stars,
it’s about to reach them. The
most recent and very successful launches of the SHARP and Starchaser-Discovery
rockets in Morecambe Bay, is proof that the RDT RM9600 radio modem series is
cutting edge technology
The RDT RM9600 modem was used as the key element of a
telemetry system in SHARP (supersonic high altitude research project) and
Discovery, which sent back vital information including height and speed of the
rocket to the control station.The
modems also enable ground control to control the flight of the rocket.
The Starchaser programme was the brainchild of
internationally acclaimed rocket engineer, Steve Bennett. He said the rockets
reached over 600 mph and nearly 20 000 feet; the telemetry never missed a
beat!
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Starchaser’s aim in building and launching a rocket
series is to build Thunderbird, a low
cost single stage rocket ship designed to carry ordinary people on short
sub-orbital pleasure flights into space. Steve Bennett and two other astronauts
will board Thunderbird in August 2003 and steer it into space as the first
civilians to do so. The aim, amidst strong competition from other
international competitors, is to win the $10 000 000 X-prize.
The X-prize was set up in 1996 in St. Louis, USA by a private consortium. It was
started to promote the opening of the space frontier to paying consumers, and
to bring about the existence of space tourism. It follows the lead set by the
early 'aviation prize competitions' (1905 to 1935) where many different people
design, constructed and flew a multitude of diverse designs of aircraft to win
cash-prizes. The same applies here, a cash prize of $10,000,000 is on offer to
the first non-governmental organisation to fly three people into space (100km
up) and then safely back down.
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