New UK Altitude record

Team Sunr1de at the University of Sheffield successfully set a new UK national altitude record at Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA on Friday 21st June 2019.

The rocket 'Helen' reached an altitude of 36,274 ft on a CTI N5800 C-Star motor and was successfully recovered

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Maximum speed Mach 2.67, Acceleration 29G
Airframe diameter 125mm
Mass 33.507kg GLOW
2 Stratologger CF altimeters
Spot GPS tracker
96" main and 30" drogue

UKRA Council would like to congratulate Team Sunr1de on their achievement.

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