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The day before the launch (Thursday) we start setting up the site. Building the NAVRO tower is one of the preparations.
This year we had guests from Denmark of the Danish Space Challenge (DSC). They sat up their own tower.
On the Friday morning the final preparations were done, like here in the command post. The command post is really a hired transport van in which we transport our equipment the site, but on the launch day it is used as command post. Left is Kees Jan Groenendijk, our alchemist and right Peter Leemker, our electronics man.
Much information exchange between rocketry clubs is done at launches. NAVRO's president Gerben-Jan Ligthart talks to DSC's Jeppe Locht to the left, while Rolf Querido of Tripoli The Netherlands talks to NAVRO's Peter Leemker in the centre.
The N22 with NAVRO and DSC members.
Bert Koerts connects the N22's igniter.
The first launch of the day was the N22 launch. Note the white smoke of the AeroTech K550-W motor, compared to black smoke of the Kalinitrox motors.
The N22 hanging on its parachute.
The N22 R-DAS results.
The igniter of Rolf Querido's Phoenix is connected by Vincent Kouer.
The Phoenix's lift off on an AeroTech H97-J.
Next was again Rolf Querido's. This is his Amraam 4 with an AeroTech J350-W.
Bert Koerts (centre) places, assisted by Vincent Kouer (right), his Sentinel in the Tripoli NL tower.
The Sentinel with AeroTech J570-W made an almost vertical trajectory, like most rockets that day.
DSC's SSRV-1A in the tower.
A combined NAVRO-DSC team prepares the SSRV-1A.
The SSRV-1A just after lift off.
The SSRV-1A a moment later.
The SSRV-1A.
The SSRV-2A just after lift off.
The SSRV-2A turned unlike the SSRV-1A to the left at about 100m. This was due to slightly different wind conditions.
Benjamin Wilkosz after he made a successful third attempt to get the Tripoli level 1 certification.
