Observed arrival · 2026-10-25
KFUPM ASTROLAB’s 10,000-foot rocket plan
A Saudi university rocketry team documents its ASTRO-2 design, planned test flights, and engineering blog for IREC 2027.
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- KFUPM students and student rocketry followers
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- Its 3.19-metre airframe carries a non-separating 3U payload and dual recovery avionics.
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The page breaks the vehicle into named sections, from the fiberglass nose cone and tracker to the carbon-tipped fins and recovery hardware. It lists separate altimeters on separate batteries, and describes the first planned test as a systems flight using a team-built candy motor. The schedule then calls for an apogee flight in Texas to calibrate the drag model and ballast table before the final launch data package.
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