REXUS
REXUS (Rocket Experiments for University Students) is a German-Swedish student program for rocket experiments for university students founded in 2007 by the German Aerospace Center DLR in cooperation with the Swedish National Space Agency SNSB.
In addition to the DLR, the student projects in Germany also receive organizational support from the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity with the Bremen Drop Tower , which is also in charge of the project and supervises the experiments. The launch of the rockets will be carried out by EuroLaunch from the Esrange space center near Kiruna in Sweden . The rockets usually start in spring and reach a height of 80 to 90 or 100 kilometers. The time to carry out the experiments is approximately five minutes, of which up to 120 seconds in weightlessness if necessary, and then land on a parachute.
The REXUS rocket is almost six meters long and 36 centimeters in diameter. It flies through the layers of the atmosphere and reaches the thermosphere at an altitude of up to 90 kilometers. The experimental payload of the rocket is up to 40 kilograms.
For similarly positioned balloon experiments for stratospheric research there is the BEXUS program from the same sponsors .
Individual evidence
- ↑ VIPER fh-aachen.de
- ↑ a b Students research with REXUS and BEXUS astronews.com
- ↑ Horizont-Sensor-System elektrotechnik.vogel.de
- ↑ Flying high for students pro-physik.de
- ↑ a b REXUS and BEXUS - The German-Swedish student program German Aerospace Center
- ↑ REXUS / BEXUS programs esa.int
- ↑ Next round for REXUS / BEXUS Spektrum.de
- ↑ a b REXUS / BEXUS student program: Experiments to fly with you International transport
- ↑ a b REXUS and BEXUS - The German-Swedish student program dlr.de