NEWS
2006
December
2, 2006 – ONESTI
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT!
The Mission 1 was launched today at an altitude of 14.700m. The cabin
was recovered at 30 km distance from the launch point, as the recovery
system worked perfectly. It wasn’t possible to climb at higher
altitude because severe turbulences were encountered during the last
part of the flight. As Mission 1 program was almost entirely completed,
Mission 2 will be launched in February. We will return on this web site
with more data and spectacular images in short time.
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November
27, 2006 – RM. VALCEA
The
tests of the STABILO ship will be supported by ARCA’s new sponsor:
the CONSTRUCTIM SA Company. For more details about our sponsor go to:
www.constructim.ro
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November
23, 2006 – ONESTI
The
Mission 1 flight scheduled for November 22 was canceled due to meteorological
condition (clouds at 300-600 m above the launch site). In this situation
it wasn't possible to inflate the Montgolfier solar balloon. The next
attempt will take place between November 28 – December 4.
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November
3, 2006 - BUCHAREST
The
first flight of the STABILO's vehicle first stage+reserve crew cabin
will take place on November 22, from near Onesti town - Bacau County.
Press conference on November 21 in the same location.
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October
17-21, 2006 – LAS CRUCES
ARCA
president, Dumitru Popescu presented the STABILO suborbital vehicle
at ISPS-2006:"I don't know if this vehicle is beautiful or not,
but I'm sure that it is one of the most unconventional design ever proposed
for a suborbital ship.", he said. The X Prize teams leaders discused
about new colaboration opportunities after the end of the Competition.
More interesting news about this in short time.
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October
12, 2006 – BUCHAREST
The
Mission 1 unmanned flight of the STABILO vehicle will take place in
November. The exact date and location will be communicated soon. Nevertheless,
it will be a European location. The flight altitude will be 24.000m.
On this web site, you can find more news as the event approaches. “We
are very excited about the STABILO program and Mission1 flight. We have
a real space program under development and for the European private
manned space activities, the Mission 1 flight could be an important
moment.” - Andrei Hapenciuc, ARCA’s systems engineer.
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October
3, 2006 – BUCHAREST
STRACAAT,
ARCA’s military application rocket was presented to the Bucharest
International Fair. The rocket financed by the government through the
Romanian Space Agency- “SECURITY” Program, has a length
of 4.1 m and is designed to fly with Mach 1.02 at sea level. The maximum
flight altitude is 6.000 m. The main purpose of this project is to create
a target able to simulate low altitude/high speed aggressor vehicles.
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September
21, 2006 – RM. VALCEA
ARCA
will participate at the X Prize CUP events scheduled for this year.
ARCA President, Dumitru Popescu, will attend the International Symposium
for Personal Spaceflight (ISPS-2006) - October 17, 2006 as a presenter.
His presentation on TRACK 1 — VEHICLE ENTRY TO SPACE, will focus
on the STABILO vehicle construction progresses and on the incoming flights.
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details.
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September
18, 2006 – RM. VALCEA
"STABILO
is the first completely new sub-orbital spaceship created after the
end of the Ansari X Prize Competition. This clearly shows that our team
is entirely devoted to continue the legacy of this unique competition
and to consolidate the newborn industry of commercial manned space flight.
We want the STABILO ship to stimulate other teams to pursuit in the
creation of new vehicles.
We consider that the major preoccupation of the teams involved in private
manned space flight activities must focus on the development of the
flight hardware. Those are the tools that will allow to all of us to
go forward.
The fact that we will join the EU in a few month, offers new opportunities
that ARCA is ready to exploit it. We are right now building a strong
collaboration between various European and US institutions and companies
interested in the suborbital flights activities. I am convinced that
together we will do a very good job and this new ship could be a strong
point." - Dumitru Popescu, ARCA President. ARCA already started
the flight tests of the STABILO vehicle. The first two flights at high
altitude (22.000 m) will be unmanned. If successful, a first manned
flight is scheduled for the spring of 2007.
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April
30, 2006 – RM. VALCEA
The
third tethered flight from the ARCA’s balloon program was a success,
as the launched balloon was send to an altitude of 500 m. The flight
was a step for the STABILO and ORIZONT programs.
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April
21, 2006 – PARIS
ARCA
received today a letter of intention from the ONERA
headquarter from Paris that express ONERA’s intention for a collaboration
with the ARCA team. In February, a delegation from ARCA spent one week
at ONERA headquarter to discuss with the french engineers about a potential
collaboration. Both teams identified elements of mutual interest as:
propulsion technology, and suborbital flight in general.
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April
8, 2006 – ALBUQUERQUE
Anca
Gradinaru radio journalist was awarded with the third place prize at
the Associated Press Gala from Albuquerque. The awarded documentary
was about ARCA’s participation at the X Prize CUP event in Las
Cruces. ARCA team congratulate Anca Gradinaru for this award!
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February
23, 2006 – RM. VALCEA
STABILO’s
composite materials fuel tanks successfully completed today the pressure
tests. This open the way to the propulsion tests for the STABILO vehicle.
The fuel tank is derived directly from the ORIZONT model fuel tank.
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January
17, 2006 – BUCHAREST
ARCA’s
project manager, Bogdan Sburlea, presented at the “SECURITY”
Symposium held at the Romanian Academy, ARCA’s military application
project, STRACAAT.
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January
10, 2006 – BUENOS AIRES/RM. VALCEA
Former X Prize competitors, DeLeon Industries and ARCA, are partners.
“DeLeon Industries worked a lot on life support systems, full
pressure suits and cockpit design. ARCA has a little experience in this
field, so it is more than necessary to work with DeLeon Industries.
We have a lot of work to do together.”, said Dumitru Popescu,
ARCA’s Chairman.
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January
9, 2006 – RM. VALCEA
Three
fuel tanks for the STABILO and ORIZONT vehicles are under construction.
The work at this first series will be finished next week. Another series
of three will be ready at the end of this month. Even that the start
of the propulsion tests was announced in January, probably the tests
will begin in February. We changed a little bit our work strategy. We
wanted to finish all the necessary fuel tanks for this year in January.
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