Armadillo Aerospace Launches Their Third "STIG-A" Rocket from Spaceport America
"Saturday's Armadillo launch successfully lifted off at approximately 11:15 a.m. (MDT), which was within the dedicated, five-hour launch window, and flight data indicates the rocket attained a maximum altitude of approximately 82-km (~50 miles). A failure of the ballute (balloon-parachute) recovery system meant that the GPS-steerable main parachute could not be deployed as intended; however, the vehicle was successfully recovered within the predicted operating area and the nose cone and ballute were separately recovered intact on the Spaceport property."
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TAGS: Armadillo, rocket, Spaceport America, Suborbital
FILED UNDER: NASA Hack Space, Rocket, Suborbital
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