It was another test of the Polish suborbital rocket. Last Saturday, Perun took off from the Central Air Force Police in Ustka. The aim of the test was to scope an altitude of 50 km, to confirm the correct operation of the rocket system, to integrate loads into the platform and to carry out tests and experiments in the conditions of launch and suborbital flight.
Illustration picture. The Perun Rocket.
The launch of Perun from the camp in Ustka last Saturday sparked quite a few interest from stares who watched him from a close beach. The consequence is amateur photos and recordings documenting the rocket's flight, appearing on social media. The SpaceForest squad besides recorded the full event using, among others, a drone, but the recorded material must be approved by the camp command before being presented publicly. – During the flight we were able to test many systems and experiments. We will learn all the details shortly – Marcin Sarnowski from SpaceForest, who plans to conduct further flights of Perun next year, confirmed in an interview with PAP.
The intent of the Saturday test was to scope a partial nominal tallness of 50 km by Perun, to confirm the correct operation of the rocket system, to integrate loads into the platform and to carry out tests and experiments in the conditions of launch and suborbital flight.
It was Perun's 3rd flight., but for the first time on board there were plant seeds, bacterial and yeast cultures, surviving bone cells or tactical stasis (tightbands), which in future can service pilots and astronauts. Placing them in the Perun cargo allowed to examine the stableness of the force of the band under suborbital conditions.
Perun as a suborbital rocket is adapted to fly at least 100 km above sea level. This allows it to cross the alleged Kármán line, which is the contractual boundary between the atmosphere and space. During suborbital flights, the rocket goes beyond the atmosphere, then returns to Earth on a ballistic track without performing a full circulation around the planet. The full flight usually takes several, respective minutes.
The Perun is 12 m long and 450 mm in diameter. The starting mass does not exceed 1 t, with a ‘dry mass’ (technology with but without propellant) of about 400 kg. Perun is simply a multi-use hybrid-powered (nitrous oxide and modified paraffin) structure and can be fished from the Baltic waters after successful flight.
Perun is being developed under the European Space Agency (ESA) programme "Boost!", which aims to support the improvement of commercial space transport services and suborbital infrastructure. The rocket is the work of the Gdynia SpaceForest company, which has been operating since 2004, which specializes in the improvement of advanced rocket, radar and microwave technologies, as well as in the plan and production of advanced electronics for the defence and space sectors.
Peruna's erstwhile flight It took place 2 years ago besides at the post in Ustka, but SpaceForest had already tested a reduced rocket model in 2018 (Bigos 4 weighed 65 kg, was 5.5 m long and 20 cm in diameter) at the post in Drawsko Pomorski. At that time, the flight could have taken place at a maximum of 15 km, which was dictated by safety issues.
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