Qu8k Rocket Launch Highlights - On-board GoPro HD at 22+ miles above earth

On September 30, 2011 at 11:08am, Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to an altitude of 121,000' before returning safely to earth. Above 99% of the atmosphere, the sky turns black in the middle of the day and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible. The rocket motor produced 4,000 lbs of thrust for 8 seconds accelerating the vehicle to over Mach 3 at over 10,000'. After that, momentum carried the rocket skyward for another 84 seconds to a peak altitude of 121,000'.

Full Length Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDqoxMUroA

More Pictures and Info -- http://ddeville.com/derek/Qu8k.html

Sponsors:
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Learn more about the hobby of High Power Rocketry:
http://www.tripoli.org/

Cosmic Ray Project:
http://symbiosis-foundation.org/background.html

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[tufnel1970]

would love to watch the 80 secs that are missing.



[OneAndAMultiple]

Kim Jong-Un here, please send me a tutorial. Respect!

[kasteman1]

This video is awesome and interesting... But all I can think about when I see the launch is bottle rocket wars.

[Skiddins]

'Space' as defined starts at 60miles, but 23miles is still very impressive for an amateur vehicle

[Astrobrant2]

This was great and I hope to see a lot more amateur flights like this. But in all fairness, it reached 23 miles, which is, as you say, above most of the atmosphere, but not quite in "space."

The apparent curvature of the earth is due mostly to the use of a very wide-angle lens. At that altitude, a slight curvature would be visible, but not nearly that much.

[BFanist]

awesome photos:) i still cant believe that a normal guy send a rocket to f****ing space!

[Ak3r0n]

Long Detailed Video version : /watch?v=rvDqoxMUroA

[poyzinous]

okay, now 6 people think the earth is flat

[tubefluid]

Good job.

How many hoops did you have to jump through to get approval for this?

[tubefluid]

LMFAO!!!!

Now there's 6.

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

You can see the full video online also. However, much of the full video is recovery where the rocket is rapidly spinning. Some would find that boring.