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| Overall Dimensions |
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Height | 11.6 m (38 ft) |
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Diameter | 810 mm (2.66 ft) |
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Finspan | 2286 mm (7.5 ft) |
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Launch Mass | 2500 Kg (5512 lb) |
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Recovery | Parachute |
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Propulsion | 1 x STORM bi-liquid lox / kerosene engine |
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Total Impulse | 3.23 MNs (725,445 lb secs) |
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Average Thrust | 68.7 kN (15432 lb) |
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Maximum Speed | 1440.6 mtrs/sec (3222.57 mph) |
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Max Mach number | 4.80 |
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Max Altitude | 135,632 mtrs (444,989 ft, 83.52 miles) |
SKYBOLT has been designed to flight test a Starchaser rocket engine and prove the modular
vehicle construction and secondly to achieve real space flight experience. SKYBOLT is
designed to be reusable, a trait that is almost unique compared to other existing
sounding rockets. At around 800mm diameter and nearly 12m tall SKYBOLT will deliver
a 20kg payload to a target altitude of over 130km (83 miles).
The Computational Fluid Dynamics and flight simulations report on SKYBOLT is in the
member’s area.
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Skybolt Technical
