SpaceRyde's Rocket Carrier is Ready for Launch!

SpaceRyde's proprietary rocket carrier, Silverthrone, named after the Canadian Mountain, is ready for launching our orbital rocket! On 23rd October 2020, SpaceRyde took a major step towards starting Canada’s Space Launch Industry and qualified its rocket carrier, Silverthrone, for launch. During the flight, important capabilities of Silverthrone and SpaceRyde’s mission-management system were demonstrated including communications with the ground network over long distances, and control maneuvers such as pointing the rocket in a specific direction, and maintaining the heading. These capabilities are essential to enable accurate launch of the rocket from the balloon in the stratosphere. Even though Silverthrone is designed for launch from a balloon, its control capabilities were put to test in harsher conditions of the heavy downwash of the helicopter, to ensure it is ready for rocket launch. The SpaceRyde team would like to thank National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada’s Flight Research Lab crew for making this flight possible!