Press Release: The Launch of the Telstar Logistics V2.0 Rocket
SNOW RANCH, March 5/TelstarNewsWire/: Telstar Logistics Director of Space Operations Steve Jurvetson today announced the successful launch of the Telstar Logistics V2.0 rocket, a pioneering achievement in the fields of DIY rocketry and pseudocorporate branding science.
The Telstar Logistics V2.0 rocket is the heaviest rocket launched by our Space Operations Division. Designed to offset the diabolical forces of both gravity and intertia, the V2.0 uses a solid-AP Aerotech K550 motor to achieve counterintuitive vertical flight.
Additional support is provided by a Duracell-powered onboard flight computer that ensures gentle ground-level reentry by initiating detonation of a drogue chute ejection charge. The reentry system is triggered at apogee by an accelerometer that compensates for the fact that barometric readings become irregular at Mach transition. Of course.
At peak altitude, after going really, really, fast, 
the Telstar Logistics V2.0 rocket climbed to 4,888 ft.
"The launch was successful with the only damage coming from a unlucky
nose cone to body collision during the turbulence of parachute
deployment," Jurveston said. "It was heavy enough to punch a golf-ball sized hole in the airframe from the apogee bounce. Should be a fairly easy repair."
"This is, like, so cool," said Todd Lappin, Fleet Operations Officer (FOO) for Telstar Logistics. "By combining our in-depth research &
development and system integration capabilities in the rocketry domain
with leadership in vertical flight and branding fulfillment, operators can leverage the full benefits of service
automation, market-tested best practices and service delivery
innovation to enable the low-cost and rapid delivery of these complex
services."
Additional images of the launch are available on the official Jurvetson photosite. Launch video is also on display, in full-color RocketVision.
About Steve Jurvetson
In addition to his regular duties as Telstar Logistics Director of Space Operations, Steve Jurvetson does some work on the side for Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Silicon Valley purveyor of fine venture capital.
About Telstar Logistics
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Land, Air, Sea, and Space. For more information about Telstar
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(Photos above by jurvetson)
you guys are the best.
my favourite part of the video was when the rocket went WOOSH!
Posted by: striatic | 06 March 2007 at 07:24 AM