Category Archives for Nakuja project
Communication test between flight computer and ground station
Today, the avionics team was conducting a communication test of the ground station at JKUAT’s farm.
N-2 rocket body fabrication
Today the airframe team was building the fiberglass rocket body. First, a sheet of polyethylene is wrapped around the PVC tubes (one 56 mm and two 75 mm) that will serve as the mold. This was done to make it … Continue reading
Improvement of solid motors and testing of recovery mechanisms
I have previously blogged about the N-2 rocket’s improved solid motors. Since the aluminum combustion chamber melted in the recent test, the static test had to be conducted with the combustion chamber changed to mild steel. I was just in … Continue reading
Inverter test/improvement of propellant
Regarding the N-2 rocket under development, the planned launch this Tuesday has been postponed due to circumstances. As for the future, KSA will conduct a one-time location scout in Isiolo, and then the the contact person will get back to … Continue reading
Setting up Tripoli’s Kenya Chapter
There is an international model rocket organization called Tripoli. At the recent Space Expo, an engineer from the U.S. suggested in a panel discussion that we should establish the first Tripoli branch in Africa in Kenya. He said that he … Continue reading