Perun, a Polish suborbital rocket from SpaceForest, made its first flight. The aim of the test was to reach an altitude of 50 kilometres, but after climbing to an altitude of 22 kilometres, the flight had to be aborted for technical reasons. The next test will take place in the autumn.

‘When we reached 22 kilometres, it became apparent that there were minor anomalies. It was then necessary to abort the flight and separate the payload section from the rest of the rocket. Elements of the rocket started to fall, the parachutes came out. We then picked up the tank and the entire payload section from the sea. We had contact with all the elements, so we knew exactly what was happening to them and where they were landing,” says Marcin Sarnowski of SpaceForest.

Perun is intended to be a system that allows at least five flights to be carried out using a single unit. The rocket is being constructed with the aim of creating a cost-effective platform for research in a microgravity environment. 

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