The Hybrid Exo Atmospheric Transporter or HEAT, is a real scale rocket with a 640 mm diameter tube that will function as the
final rocket and carrier of the one person spacecraft. The oxydizer for the HATV will be liquid oxygen (LOX). The HEAT booster will finally serve as the transportation vehicle for the man rated spacecraft.
The HEAT booster will burn for about 60 seconds, providing 40kN of thrust, resulting in less than 3-g making the trip
feasible for humans to endure in an upright position.
The HEAT booster
Brown=epoxy grain, Red=LOX, Blue=spacecraft
Top section of the HEAT LOX tank (diameter 640 mm)
Peter Madsen working on the HEAT-1X booster LOX injector manifold
Interior picture of the HEAT-1X, epoxy and parafine casting
HEAT-1X parafine chamber with nozzle
BOOSTER CONTROL AND GUIDANCE
We are currently looking into some "basic" guidance control in order to prevent gravity turn and to minimize the touchdown area.
Otherwise, the system is very basic and will rely completely on the laws
of aerodynamics. By having a large launching tower, currently being developed, the rocket will be guided by passive rails
until it have sufficient velocity to reach its apogee using only static fins.
DESCENT AND RECOVERY
Before the spacecraft goes into a zero gravity parabola, the booster system will be jettisoned.
After a while of atmosperic re-enty, the spacecraft will be slowered by a drogue parachute and then 3 main parachutes. Finally the spacecraft will touchdown in water.
HEAT-1X-P TEST, MAY 16, 2010
HEAT 1XP TESTED SUCCESFULLY MAY 16, 2010
More data, video and images coming soon...
HEAT 1X TESTING, FEB 28, 2010
HEAT-1X TEST FIRED WITH SUCCESS FEB 28, 2010
We are ready for launching HEAT-1X and Spacecraft Tycho Brahe-1 June 2010
Morten Olsen and Christoffer Meyer during LOX fueling
August 6, 2009 we tested our first LOX/parafine engine
HATV BOOSTER
The Hybrid Atmospheric Test Vehicle or HATV, is a 1/3 scale rocket with a 200 mm diameter tube, that will function as a basic flight test model.
The oxydizer for the HATV will be nitrous oxide. This rocket is currently being constructed and a minor hold-down booster were tested two times, with succes, in October and November of 2008.
Production of graphite Nozzle for HEAT-1X
