Cloud Aerospace Is in the Sky!

[Tristonwilson12]

29 minutes ago, cxg2827 said:

Any pics/vids of the March 16th test fire?

the Test was Pushed TBD, should be done in the next couple weeks. Stay tuned to our twitter for announcements

[TheEpicSquared]

@Tristonwilson12 How are things going?

Edited May 15, 2017 by TheEpicSquared

[Benjamin Kerman]

Any updates? This is very exciting!

[NSEP]

Amazing! So you are actually sending stuff into orbit? Wow! Thats awesome! Cant wait for some updates.

[Skylon]

Wow. This is incredible. Can you put the company name's initials on the side of he rollout vehicle (CART)?

[TheEpicSquared]

@Tristonwilson12 Could you potentially give more details about the things going on at CA?

(Continuing the discussion from the CubeSat thread)

[Tristonwilson12]

Tests, tests, and more Tests...

We also started construction at our Nevada launch site and we finalized the design of CloudOne

Edited June 5, 2017 by Tristonwilson12

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Nice! No, really, this is awesome!

I guess someone has to do the honors and make this thing in KSP... what do you think?

Spoiler

 

 

The upper stage is solid as well, right? I put an LF engine on this... 

This would be so much easier w/ procedural parts, actually.

Edited June 5, 2017 by ThatGuyWithALongUsername

[Tristonwilson12]

19 minutes ago, ThatGuyWithALongUsername said:

Nice! No, really, this is awesome!

I guess someone has to do the honors and make this thing in KSP... what do you think?

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The upper stage is solid as well, right? I put an LF engine on this... 

This would be so much easier w/ procedural parts, actually.

very nice! yes the second stage is solid, its actually a hybrid solid

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

This is so exciting!

How are you handling reuse of the first stage?

[Tristonwilson12]

1 minute ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said:

This is so exciting!

How are you handling reuse of the first stage?

I tweeted about how it will work

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

1 hour ago, Tristonwilson12 said:

very nice! yes the second stage is solid, its actually a hybrid solid

 A real aerospace company CEO just liked my post...

Glad you like it, it doesn't really fly very well at the moment. It's a WIP. KSP could use a hybrid SRB, it would work well... but first the "flea" needs to changed into a vacuum-optimised SRB.

A few questions, what are the cloud one's dimensions? And what happened to that "official mod"?

[Tristonwilson12]

22 minutes ago, ThatGuyWithALongUsername said:

 A real aerospace company CEO just liked my post...

Glad you like it, it doesn't really fly very well at the moment. It's a WIP. KSP could use a hybrid SRB, it would work well... but first the "flea" needs to changed into a vacuum-optimised SRB.

A few questions, what are the cloud one's dimensions? And what happened to that "official mod"?

1.08m and the mod is a WIP

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

17 hours ago, Tristonwilson12 said:

I tweeted about how it will work

Thanks!

[Kyle Worden]

Best of luck to you! Got a few more years until I finish schooling for aerospace engineering.

[TheEpicSquared]

@Tristonwilson12 Do you have any predictions on thrust and mass of the rocket, and maybe for each individual stage? Would be nice to have some numbers.  

[Joseph Kerman]

@Tristonwilson12, I may have an insane rocket that could hopefully launch 5 full-size satellites to MEO or even a lunar base. But it needs maybe 3 stages, or reusable stages the SpaceX way. Do you think Cloud Aerospace can possibly do it with you current budget?

[Eldrad_Ulthran]

Oh wow, an aerospace Company CEO is actually posting on our forum. Good luck to you, and we all want you to end up competing with the best.

 

Good luck from The Guy Who Makes Half-Baked Mods But Is Called OwenM.

[Tristonwilson12]

6 hours ago, Joseph Kerman said:

@Tristonwilson12, I may have an insane rocket that could hopefully launch 5 full-size satellites to MEO or even a lunar base. But it needs maybe 3 stages, or reusable stages the SpaceX way. Do you think Cloud Aerospace can possibly do it with you current budget?

Not currently moon base, but we are developing a rocket that can launch 16 tons to LEO

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

59 minutes ago, Tristonwilson12 said:

Not currently moon base, but we are developing a rocket that can launch 16 tons to LEO

Is that the 3-core rocket design on twitter, or is this bigger?

[TheEpicSquared]

29 minutes ago, ThatGuyWithALongUsername said:

Is that the 3-core rocket design on twitter, or is this bigger?

Bigger, @Tristonwilson12 said that the 3-core can launch 600-800kg (on twitter).

 

[munlander1]

On June 4, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Tristonwilson12 said:

the mod is a WIP

Work in progress?

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

1 hour ago, TheEpicSquared said:

Bigger, @Tristonwilson12 said that the 3-core can launch 600-800kg (on twitter).

 

That's what I thought, just making sure... apparently I can't read.

16 tons... 

[ZooNamedGames]

20 minutes ago, munlander1 said:

Work in progress?

Correct.

[ZooNamedGames]

For those curious, the future Cloud Aerospace launcher lineup is as follows;

 

From left to right;

Vapor, a methane based recoverable booster

Cloud 1 Plus, a standard Cloud 1 core with 2 Luna IX cores attached

Cloud 1, our current rocket, solid rocket fueled first stage with a hybrid solid rocket fueled second stage. First stage is recoverable

Luna IX, our largest sound rocket

Luna IY, our medium sized sounding rocket

Luna IZ, our smallest sized sounding rocket.

 

Now sadly I cannot provide numbers as to stats (even though I work for Cloud Aerospace). However I can say that the Cloud 1 rocket is still on course for it's test fire in November with it's launch set for early 2018. That said, our focuses are on Cloud 1 currently with these other launch vehicles close in mind.

So stick with us as we keep working and we'll try to continue to post updates as they happen! Fun times ahead!