The REXUS/BEXUS programme is realised under a bilateral Agency Agreement between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). The Swedish share of the payload has been made available to students from other European countries through a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
Half of the payload is reserved for German students, while the Swedish half has been made available to students from other European countries through a collaboration with ESA Education. REXUS is considered as an annual sounding rocket program, launched from Esrange Space Center, Sweden.
General information
| Launch site |
Esrange Space Center |
| Launch date |
February 22, 2011 at 12:56UT (13:56 local time) |
| Customer |
Student programme |
Technical information
| Rocket type |
Improved Orion rocket |
| Nominal diameter |
356 mm |
| Total weight |
542 kg |
| Burning time 1st stage |
26 s |
| Max acceleration |
21 g |
| Apogee |
~80,6 km |
| Flight time to apogee |
~125 s |
Experiment modules
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DLR sponsored experiments:
- REMOS (University of Stuttgart, Germany): REcession MOnitoring System.
- EXPLORE (University of Stuttgart, Germany): EXPeriment for Liquid On-orbit Refueling.
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ESA/SNSB sponsored experiments:
- SPONGE (University of Padova & University of Padua, Italy): Sounding rocket Propellant OrieNtation microGravity Experiment - determining the propellant retention capabilities of the sponges used in rocket tanks.
- Telescobe (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland): Demonstration of a new telescopic boom system.
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Contact persons
Olle Persson, EuroLaunch (SSC), olle.persson@sscspace.com
Andreas Stamminger, EuroLaunch (DLR), andreas.stamminger@dlr.de
Read more
REXUS/BEXUS website
ESAs website for REXUS and BEXUS
