SpaceForest sp. z o. o., an SME from Poland, is involved in SALTO (Reusable Strategic Space Launcher Technologies & Operations) project that will advance forward Europe’s first reusable rocket. Funded by the European Commission under…
After reconnaissance at the Air Force Training Centre in Ustka last December, the time has come to practice prelaunch procedures of the Perun rocket. Last week, SpaceForest’s launch crew went to test the preparation of…
A ballute is a supersonic decelerator, designed for high velocity flow as an alternative to parachutes. Our version was developed to support the re-entry and recovery of PERUN rocket. After months of design and development,…
Last week we tested the performance of the Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system, improved after the first flight conducted in August this year. The task of the 10-degree deflected BIGOS 6 rocket was to align…
Thrust Vector Control – TVC, is one of two control systems of the PERUN rocket. TVC system allows to control the direction of the thrust vector of the main hybrid rocket engine, what enables control…
During the presentation of the flight version of the SF 1000 engine, which took place on April 1st, 2022, it worked for over 43 seconds! The total impulse of the engine was 1.15 [MNs], which…
On January 28th, 2021, at the military training ground in Strzepcz, we achieved a milestone in the SIR project (Suborbital Inexpensive Rocket). Total impulse: 1260 kNsSpecific impulse: 211.9 s The controllable and recoverable suborbital rocket PERUN with…
On 25.01.2020, at the military training area in Drawsko Pomorskie, we conducted the first test flight of PERUN rocket demonstrator. PERUN is a single-stage guided suborbital launch vehicle powered by a hybrid rocket engine and…