October 2009 – February 2011
University of Stuttgart, German Aerospace Agency (DLR) and Esrange Space Centre (Kiruna, Sweden)
Topic
Development and implementation of the experiment REMOS (REcession MOnitoring System) in a team of 7 students as part of the DLR student programme REXUS/BEXUS (Rocket and Balloon EXperiments for University Students). The experiment was launched on February 22nd 2011 on the sounding rocket REXUS 9 from Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden. It tested a monitoring system that enables in-situ measurements of the temperature and thickness of ablative heat shields of re-entry bodies. The project resulted in a publication.
Publication
Blank et al, REMOS – Recession monitoring system: Experiment concept and results of the flight on REXUS 9, 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research Projects, May 22-26 2011, Hyère, France.
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