Tag Archive: Sub-Orbital

Dec 21 2018

Progeny Mk1-B Airlaunch

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Flight Officers Tedman & Aldeny cap off months of planning and preparation with a first attempt at launching a rocket off the back of their aircraft. Click here for the Ops Tracker rocket page

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Jul 31 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 7 (Mystery Goo Study)

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The first payload of live organisms was carried aboard this rocket. The mystery goo was exposed both inside and outside of the high radiation region. Unfortunately, the samples failed to be returned safely to the surface

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Jul 20 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 6 (Radiation Field Study 7)

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In order to possibly help lend credence to various theories on the hazardous radiation region above Kerbin, this rocket is sent up in the middle of the night cycle as opposed to our usual daytime launches

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Jun 20 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block II Flight 1 (Radiation Field Study 6)

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The debut flight of the powerful Block II version of the Mk6 sets out to see if its design proves capable of reaching space and possibly exploring a new region if it can pass through the hazardous radiation found above the planet

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May 29 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 5 (Radiation Field Study 5)

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Exploring the hazardous radiation zone to the north of the equator opposite a previous flight, although it completed its primary objective the rocket failed to be recovered due to an operational oversight

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May 08 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 4 (Radiation Field Study 4)

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Although threatened by weather on both launch and landing the latest flight for the Mk6-I was a complete success despite some technical issues during the freefall back to Kerbin. It also may have discovered the edge of the hazardous radiation region

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May 02 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 3 (Radiation Field Study 3)

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With success on the last flight everyone was confident in a good return for this one as well, launching a heavier payload mass and greater inclination that would lower its apokee as we continued to explore the region of high radiation levels above the planet

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Apr 26 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 2 (Radiation Field Study 2)

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After failing to recover the first Mk6, airbrakes have been added to the third stage to hopefully allow for a safe chute deploy. The rocket also flies further south to continue exploring the hazardous radiation region

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Feb 16 2018

Progeny Mk6 Block I Flight 1 (Radiation Field Study 1)

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The debut flight of the Mk6 Block I goes off without a hitch, setting new records for speed and height over Kerbin but the extra velocity has made recovery even more difficult despite extra preparations

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Jan 25 2018

Progeny Mk5 Block I Flight 4

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The first flight of 2018 takes the Progeny to new heights as we test out what we felt were our best ascent procedures to date, shattering several records along the way and increasing our knowledge of space flight

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