{"id":7937,"date":"2019-10-07T00:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T22:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/?p=7937"},"modified":"2019-10-07T00:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T22:47:44","slug":"travel-report-the-hound-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/travel-report-the-hound-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel report of &#8220;The Hound&#8221; 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2019 the TU Wien Space team travelled with two rockets to the US to break the altitude record of student teams. Having the rockets &#8220;The Hound 1&#8221; and &#8220;The Hound 2&#8221; with them the goal was clear: Crossing the border to outer space.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of student teams tried to reach this magical border, but until now only the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscrpl.com\/traveler-iv\">Team of University of Southern California<\/a> has been successful.<\/p>\n<p>Read what happened during this year&#8217;s attempt in Nevada:<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Monday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, September 16th 2019, 13 members of the TU Wien Space Team travelled to Reno, Nevada, to prepare for the launch of The Hound 2 and once again for the launch of The Hound 1. The goal: the European altitude record for student clubs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We moved into our temporary base, a suburb house with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, an eat-in kitchen and &#8211; loved by everyone &#8211; a chill-out-area including a pool table. Soon we agreed on the name: Space Team Mansion.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/20190917_220504\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190917_220504-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7903\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7903'>\n\t\t\t\tThe kitchen aka laboratory\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/20190917_220441\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190917_220441-e1570386119666-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7902\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7902'>\n\t\t\t\tBilliard for the team event\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0079\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0079-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7591\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7591'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst preparations\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tuesday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our thirst for action was dampened when\u00a0we got to know that our motors, despite the supplier&#8217;s promise to be around the whole week, would not be ready before Wednesday evening. The result was that we could not work on a big part of our rocket we would have liked having managed before leaving for the desert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The electronics department on the other hand faced loads of work: The ground stations were prepared, the electronics were checked if they managed the journey unharmed and the software wanted to be optimized. The whole team helped wherever help was needed and the idly ones went grocery shopping, cooked dinner or (in very rare cases) played a game of pool billard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/32-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7878\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7878'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0117-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0117-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7706\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7706'>\n\t\t\t\tRecording a movie\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0146\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0146-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7722\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7722'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the rocket\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0073\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0073-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7592\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7592'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the avionics\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0125\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0125-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7723\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7723'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the rockets\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0060-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0060-1-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7586\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7586'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the rockets\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0056\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0056-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7574\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7574'>\n\t\t\t\tPacking the parachutes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/img_4768\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4768-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7580\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7580'>\n\t\t\t\tRV # 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/img_4765\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4765-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7579\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7579'>\n\t\t\t\tRV # 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our culinary highlight and without doubt the masterpiece of the twelve chefs was the self-made roast pork with bread dumplings on Tuesday evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7900\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/2019\/10\/06\/reisebericht-the-hound-2019\/2019-09-17_21-17-46_stefanhandy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7900\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7900\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-17_21-17-46_StefanHandy-e1570385835200-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austrian Delight<\/p><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Wednesday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday the outlook for the weekend darkened. Of the two N5800 motors we ordered, only one was available and additionally not before Friday. Our plan to start on Friday had therefore to be cancelled.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hound 2 Pre Flight | Balls 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJ851ku8wUY?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Thursday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early on Thursday morning a group of three team members set out to place the autonomous ground stations in the mountains of Black Rock Desert. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-19_07-17-00_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-19_07-17-00_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-7904\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-7904'>\n\t\t\t\tThe offroad vehicle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-19_12-24-23_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-19_12-24-23_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-7905\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-7905'>\n\t\t\t\tGroundstation one\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-19_17-54-42_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-19_17-54-42_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-7906\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-7906'>\n\t\t\t\tGroundstation two\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rest got on their way to Gerlach, the last piece of civilisation on the edge of the desert, shortly afterwards. Low hanging clouds and recurrent rain during the drive depressed the mood and we doubted that we would be able to enter the desert at all. The sandy soil of the playa &#8211; a dry salt lake and the place where BALLS takes place &#8211; cannot be driven on when wet, not to mention trying it with heavy vehicles like our RVs. Nevertheless we decided to give it a try and found ourselves lucky that the moisture was just a superficial problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arriving at the provisionally camp in sight of the famous Black Rock we started to group our four mobile homes to form our own small camp. We placed some seating accommodations in the \u201cpatio\u201d, on the sides we hung up the Austrian flag and the banner of our sponsors and on top we improvised sun protection. Then we put our launch pad together and tried to finalise our rockets, except for the installation of the motors.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-19_13-41-12_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-19_13-41-12_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-7907\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-7907'>\n\t\t\t\tArrival\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-19_18-29-46_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-19_18-29-46_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-7908\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-7908'>\n\t\t\t\tArranging the camp\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-19_15-10-15_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-19_15-10-15_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-7909\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-7909'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the launch tower\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While more and more North-American rocket enthusiasts expanded the camp with their tents and motorhomes a rumor came to our ears which should soon be confirmed: The organizers of BALLS did not want to enter the desert due to the weather conditions. All rocket launches would suffer a delay, and the conditions on Friday morning should decide over the course of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Friday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday everything went smoother than thought, the organizers came to the desert and the official registration was done quickly. The rocket launches could begin!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0059-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0059-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-7880\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-7880'>\n\t\t\t\tSunset\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/20190920_113656\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190920_113656-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-7913\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-7913'>\n\t\t\t\tThe camp.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-20_10-23-44_moritzhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-20_10-23-44_MoritzHandy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-7912\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-7912'>\n\t\t\t\tFlyers meeting.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 but there was something else! Yes, we still had not got hold of our rocket motors. We were degraded to mere viewers, but we could witness many impressive rocket launches and some no less spectacular failures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We tried to put the additional time to some meaningful use, prepared for the launch on Saturday and rehearsed one of our innovations for \u201cThe Hound 2\u201d: The Launch Procedure which is a detailed point by point procedure for the launch preparations.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0201-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0201-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-7765\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-7765'>\n\t\t\t\tRaising the tower for the first time\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0211\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0211-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-7763\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-7763'>\n\t\t\t\tThe operator ground station\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0248\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSC_0248-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-7762\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-7762'>\n\t\t\t\tAlways a rocket launch to see\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the late afternoon the bigger part of the Team drove to the famous hot springs at the foot of Black Rock and busied themselves with team-building-activities. On their return to the camp the other team members proudly presented the motors which had finally arrived. We started work straightway to be ready for final launch preparations at sunrise.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-20_14-43-56_moritzhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-20_14-43-56_MoritzHandy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-7910\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-7910'>\n\t\t\t\tFinally!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-20_16-23-25_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-20_16-23-25_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-7911\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-7911'>\n\t\t\t\tChatting about production tolerances and how to overcome them\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/18\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-7871\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-7871'>\n\t\t\t\tBonding the grains\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Saturday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally we could try our record attempt! The awful cold which clasps the desert at night could not bother us: Full of energy we brought our launch pad into the away cell, one mile from the camp. While the sun got stronger and burned pitilessly down on us we carried the ready \u201cThe Hound 2\u201d out to the playa. With high concentration we worked our way through the launch procedure and the excitement increased by the minute. The cameras were positioned, the liveticker provided with the latest information. Not for long and the TU Wien Space Team would go to space!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/2019\/10\/06\/reisebericht-the-hound-2019\/20190921_082257\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7914 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190921_082257-1024x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0271\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0271-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-7886\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-7886'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the Rocket in the Tower\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0260\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0260-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-7883\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-7883'>\n\t\t\t\tPreparing the Rocket in the Tower\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0269\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0269-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-7885\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-7885'>\n\t\t\t\tLast picture before the launch attempt\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 and then the wiring caused problems. Implausible status values of two sensors caused an unplanned HOLD in the procedure. After a quick check at the site and the diagnosis of a broken cable we had to cancel the try and went back to the camp for some more work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/dsc_0330\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7889 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0330-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We changed the concerned cables, checked their functionality and after a quick lunch returned to the away cell. Once again we made our way through the launch procedure, the point of the last HOLD was passed quickly, the area was evacuated, the cameras were activated, the pulse rose, the remaining ones prepared for quick evacuation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 and then the avionics caused some more problems. This time it was the radio link &#8211; it seemed as if the electronics worked properly and transmitted data, but could not receive any commands what was crucial during the launch procedure. We tried our best to solve the problem, but time was running out. Our autonomous ground stations in the mountains would shut down at 5pm to save energy. Even ground stations need some sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-20_17-26-48_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-20_17-26-48_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-7918\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-7918'>\n\t\t\t\tThe groundstation operator\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-21_10-46-04_moritzhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-21_10-46-04_MoritzHandy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-7919\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-7919'>\n\t\t\t\tThe road to the launch pad\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-21_16-45-08_moritzhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-21_16-45-08_MoritzHandy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-7920\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-7920'>\n\t\t\t\tThe checklist as an important tool\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empty-handed we left the away cell and delayed the launch to Sunday, the last day of BALLS. Another launch of our second rocket \u201cThe Hound 1\u201d was as well as impossible: Yet we prepared another booster-motor to have a second go, if like the year before the sustainer will not be ignited. After that a part of the team relaxed again in the hot springs and enjoyed the breathtaking starry sky and the unbelievable silence in the heart of the desert.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/20190920_175518\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190920_175518-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-7915\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-7915'>\n\t\t\t\tDirty roads\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-20_18-37-01_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-20_18-37-01_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-7917\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-7917'>\n\t\t\t\tRefreshed after the bath\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-20_19-01-51_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-20_19-01-51_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-7916\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-7916'>\n\t\t\t\tSunset\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Sunday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time for real! Same procedure as every day. By this time the launch procedure had become some sort of routine for us, but the excitement was not reduced in the slightest. Everybody felt: Today is the day &#8211; now or never! The European record and maybe even the world record at our fingertips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project lead and head of electronics Christoph Fr\u00f6hlich had come precautionary to the away cell and on short distance even the radio worked. Our guess that the moist desert soil had interfered with the connection seemed to be true.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-22_08-55-15_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-22_08-55-15_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-7921\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-7921'>\n\t\t\t\tRF checks closer to the rocket.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-22_08-31-36_moritzhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-22_08-31-36_MoritzHandy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-7923\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-7923'>\n\t\t\t\tCareful assembly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0506\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0506-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-7895\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-7895'>\n\t\t\t\tWiring check before the rocket enters the launch tower\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0541\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0541-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-7896\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-7896'>\n\t\t\t\tThe third attempt.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-22_09-07-26_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-22_09-07-26_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-7922\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-7922'>\n\t\t\t\tEverthing vertical\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0429-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0429-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-7893\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-7893'>\n\t\t\t\tTurn on the avionics\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All systems on GO, last updates for the liveticker at home, go for launch by the Launch Control Officer and then via the camp radio the uplifting words: \u201cHeads up for the Austrian space shot!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The booster stage ignited and \u201cThe Hound 2\u201d strived towards the sky just like a line. Some small clouds made it hard to follow the rocket by the eye and soon the disillusionment came. The line of smoke high up in the sky which would have signalised the ignition of the sustainer failed to appear. The data we received even showed a worse course of the flight. Soon we lost the connection completely, the last GPS fix of the booster somewhere 6km above us, the sustainer according to a commercial GPS-module on the ground \u2026 this soon?<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/20190922_094700\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190922_094700-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-7926\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-7926'>\n\t\t\t\tCountdown!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/th2_launch\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/TH2_launch-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-7942\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-7942'>\n\t\t\t\tLiftoff\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/photo_2019-09-22_18-49-37\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/photo_2019-09-22_18-49-37-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-7839\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-7839'>\n\t\t\t\tInto the clouds\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We set out immediately to see what our rocket looked like. Soon we saw that it looked badly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only the top and the upper part of the electronics remained, the lower part of the glass fibre segment was torn away completely and probably still connected with the motor casing which was nowhere to be seen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0650-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0650-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-13-7864\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-13-7864'>\n\t\t\t\tThe impact location and the broken airframe\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-22_10-18-14_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-22_10-18-14_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-13-7927\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-13-7927'>\n\t\t\t\tThe backup electronics left the airframe.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/photo_2019-09-22_19-25-54\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/photo_2019-09-22_19-25-54-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-13-7845\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-13-7845'>\n\t\t\t\tClueless\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dejectedly we returned to the camp. Another launch attempt was not feasible and would not have been meaningful, as we did not know what caused all the troubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We ate lunch and divided the team: One group looked for the rocket around the place where we found the parts and another one set out for the mountains to retrieve the ground stations. The rest of the Team began packing up our camp and went back to Gerlach at nightfall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The search party had one very small success: The interstage coupler was found, unharmed but with a torn parachute cord. Helplessness and lack of understanding for the course of our flight reigned at dinner at Bruno\u2019s Restaurant in Gerlach, but the mood was good and some went packing their suitcases and others got together for a nightcap.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-22_18-03-52_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-22_18-03-52_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-7929\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-7929'>\n\t\t\t\tRetrieval of the ground stations.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-22_18-32-51_christophsd90\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-22_18-32-51_ChristophsD90-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-7930\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-7930'>\n\t\t\t\tThe interstage coupler with the torn parachute chord\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/dsc_0682\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC_0682-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-7865\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-7865'>\n\t\t\t\tIt seems to be intact.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Monday<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight people got up early in the morning and travelled home via Reno and San Francisco. The four remaining ones drove back into the desert with two cars to give the search another try. They searched more and more remote areas of the Black Rock Desert, but were not successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/?attachment_id=7950\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7950 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceteam.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundTrack-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundTrack-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundTrack-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundTrack-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundTrack.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During these two days the two Jeeps covered more than 140km around the estimated landing site. But due to the unoverseeable area the chances to find anything were, however, quite low.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-15' class='gallery galleryid-7937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-23_12-27-51_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-23_12-27-51_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-15-7931\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-15-7931'>\n\t\t\t\tThe unoverseeable area.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-23_18-45-07_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-23_18-45-07_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-15-7932\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-15-7932'>\n\t\t\t\tThe hot spring.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/2019-09-23_21-51-49_simonhandy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-09-23_21-51-49_SimonHandy-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-15-7933\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-15-7933'>\n\t\t\t\tCleaning the Jeep.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5>Conclusions<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus the second attempt to break the European record for student clubs ended unsuccessful again for the TU Wien Space Team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we will stay strong and we will be back! When the technical evaluation and analysis of the data we have is finished there will also be a technical report, including an interpretation of the failure at the launch of \u201cThe Hound 2\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited even now for the moment next year when we will hear the words: \u201cGO for launch for The Hound 3!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2019 the TU Wien Space team travelled with two rockets to the US to break the altitude record of student teams. Having the rockets &#8220;The Hound 1&#8221; and &#8220;The Hound 2&#8221; with them the goal was clear: Crossing the border to outer space. Lots of student teams tried to reach this magical border,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/travel-report-the-hound-2019\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Travel report of &#8220;The Hound&#8221; 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rockets-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptest3.tust.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}