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Onboard Xombie rocket video, engage the air brake - 2010.03.20

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Author:bbrockert
Published:2010-03-22 06:57:31

The view from a camera near the control bunker and two onboard cameras. Masten Space Systems XA-0.1B-750 rocket, aka Xombie, flies to over 1000 feet before coming down and landing almost exactly where it took off from. The rocket flies completely autonomously, using differential GPS and a six-axis inertial measurement unit. We click go on a laptop, and it flies itself. Runs on isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen, about as forgiving as you can get in rocket propellants. You could stick your hand in either.

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