I am happy to introduce a guest blog from Steen Andersen of Copenhagen Suborbitals. This post is his work and words:

Launch HEAT1X-TychoBrahe. Image: Bo Tornvig

We are using a variety of different cameras to document our static ground test of the rocket motors as well as actual launches of the space capsules. Performing a ground test makes it relative simple to place cameras of high quality at suitable places in order to document the motor test. But in case one wants to mount cameras outside a space capsule doing speeds above Mach 1, it’s another challenge.

If a camera wants to have a shot at...

The U.S. Air Force is sending a single copy of a brand-new stealth drone to Afghanistan. Only maybe not just Afghanistan.

Officially, the General Atomics-made Avenger — a sleek, jet-powered upgrade of the iconic armed Predator and Reaper — is heading to Afghanistan as a combat-capable “test asset.” The Air Force said in a statement that it loves how the Avenger’s “internal weapons bay and four hardpoints on each wing,” will give it “greater flexibility and will accommodate a large selection of next generation sensor and weapons payloads,” as reported by Zach Rosenberg at Flightglobal.

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