https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/student-suborbital-rocket-fails-in-first-student-attempt-to-reach-space/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/student-suborbital-rocket-fails-in-first-student-attempt-to-reach-space/#comment-1619158 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:23:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116423#comment-1619158 The linked article tries to make this seem like a significant first, but note that the actual claim is “the first student suborbital launch approved by Transport Canada.” Not “first student suborbital launch.” A student rocket launched by USC reached an estimated 103km back in 2019, and they launched a second one in 2024 that made it to 143km. There have been several other amateur/civilian rockets to pass the Karman line, but the USC team seems to be the only actual student organization to have done it so far.

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