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=rvDqox...

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

Sponsors:
http://www.mayback.com/
http://www.syntheon.com/

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

Cosmic Ray Project:
http://symbiosis-foundation.org/backg...

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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!

[Allan Zepeda]

OH MY GOD 0:57 there is sound in space !! :O

[Matt Fletcher]

It seems that all you guys want to do is make this hit an aircraft. It did not because they received an FAA waiver before flight.

Also, why wasn't this flight eligible for the Carmack Prize?

[acadiaman1]

That was so cool!

[Szopler]

What had melt near camera lens?

[SCGmovies]

go tell that to the 1%

[MatiasVivas]

You Sir deserve my subscription.

[Vallu Heinila]

felix beet even a rocket

[danthemanzizle]

All I can say is bigger, faster, stronger, multi-stager.

[tubefluid]

Just asking because I don't know. How do you make sure the area of trajectory isn't occupied before launch? :)