It has 4 meters in height, weighs 200 kg and flies at altitude 100 km – we're talking about a rocket “Amber”, which Polish engineers are working on.
ILR-33 missile “Amber” is a flagship project, implemented through the Polish Space Technology Center of the Aviation Institute. The rocket has a height 4 m, diameter approx. 230 mm and initial weight approx. 200 kg.
As Professor Piotr Volansky from the Institute of Aviation promises, In the near future, all rocket systems will be checked during flight at an altitude of up to 10 km.
– Before achieving the goal in 100 km. we want to test it under simpler conditions, where once again you can look at everything well and analyze it, – explains the professor. – Using this example of this rocket, we will gain experience in the construction of engines and rockets, which can be used in the future to carry artificial satellites”, – he adds.
First tests
Work on “Amber” last more than a year. The rocket is not ready yet.
– the, what do we see, this is a one to one layout. Designed primarily for wind tunnel research. We have one more stage ahead of us before achieving our goal., that is, the first shot was fired at a height of more 10 km, – explains Evgeniy Martsiniak from the Aviation Institute.
An attempt to deliver a rocket to an altitude of more than 100 km will take place in 2016 year.
– Target level test 100 km will be carried out after tests, confirming the operability of the system”, – says a representative from the Aviation Institute.
If the tests are successful, then Polish rockets will appear in outer space again after several decades of inactivity.
