32 MAY/JUNE 2017 SPORT ROCKETRY
Mestler Specifications:
All masses in grams
LANDER
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1835
ROVER
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
RECOVERY (estimated)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
LANDER LOAD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2241
ROCKET (CORE)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3447
PAYLOAD DOORS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
RECOVERY (estimated)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
ROCKET (LOAD A)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4567
MOTOR: AeroTech J570W
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902
MOTOR CASING
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
MOTOR LOAD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1186
ROCKET (NO PAYLOAD)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5752
ROCKET (FULL PAYLOAD)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7993
Figure 20. Liftoff of Mestler on a J750 at NARAM-58.
Figure 21. Motor cato leads to
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.
Figure 22. Onboard video of the Mestler launch.
Figure 23. Onboard video of the cato and RUD.
Figure 24. Post-RUD photo of launch vehicle damage.
Figure 25. The remains of the poor ANDRover.
Figure 26. Post-RUD photo of Mestler Lander damage.
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Figure 26.
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