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TEXUS 48
April 6, 2011

TEXUS 48 was successfully launched on November 27, 2011, at 09.10 UTC.

Launch 2011-11-27
TEM 06-31 Behavioural observation and calcium biomineralization of fish otoliths in microgravity

The project

The TEXUS project is a sounding rocket program with the primary aim to investigate the properties and behavior of materials, chemicals, and biological substances in a microgravity environment. The TEXUS program gives around six minutes of microgravity.
The TEXUS programme started in 1977 and is carried out at the Esrange Space Center jointly by DLR and EADS Astrium. SSC is responsible for the launch operations. The TEXUS campaigns are sometimes financed by ESA or jointly financed by DLR and ESA.

TEXUS 48

The rocket vehicle Skylark 7 was used very successfully for the first 25 years until the motor was no longer available. The Brazilian motor VSB-30 has been used for the TEXUS programme since 2005 and will be used to launch the TEXUS 48 payload to around 270 km altitude.

General information

Launch siteEsrange Space Center
Launch dateLaunched 27 November 2011, 09.10 UTC

Technical information

Rocket typeVSB 30 rocket
Nominal diameter557 mm
Total weight1265 kg
Apogee~268 km

Experiment modules

Module Experiment TitleExperimenterRemark
TEM LH2 PMDValidation of the LH2 PMD concept in the frame of the CUST projectDr. P. Behruzi, AstriumNew development
TEM LOX PMDValidation of the LOX PMD concept in the frame of the CUST projectDr. P. Behruzi, AstriumNew development
TEM 06-31Behavioral observation and calcium biomineralization of fish otoliths in microgravityProf. R. Hilbig, Universität HohenheimAdaption from TEXUS 45

Contact persons

Mr. Mikael Töyrä, Project manager, SSC
Mr. Andreas Schütte, Project manager, EADS-Space Transportation
Dr. Otfried Joop, Project Manager, DLR

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