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FlyOut 2026: odhalili jsme raketu Andromeda 2
Prostory planetária se návštěvníkům a sponzorům otevřely již v 9:30. Ještě před hlavní prezentací byly v prostorách k vidění starší modely rakety a fotografie promítané na zdech. Osazenstvo se poté začalo přesouvat do kopule s promítací plochou, kde v 10 hodin středoevropského času započala hlavní prezentace. Na úvod bylo na ploše promítnuto majestátní intro v podobě animace, která naplno využila možnosti nedávno modernizovaného planetária. Poté již přišel na řadu moderátor Michael Jurča, který všechny přítomné náležitě přivítal a mohlo se pomalu přejít k samotnému odhalení Andromedy 2.
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CTU Space Research at European Rocketry Challenge 2025: the Andromeda rocket placed 3rd in its category
The CTU Space Research team from CTU Prague took part in the prestigious European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC) competition in the town of Constância in October 2025. The students presented their biggest project yet — the Andromeda rocket, powered by the Perseus hybrid engine (thrust > 3 kN), aiming to reach an altitude of 3 km.
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We unveiled our new rocket, Andromeda
Andromeda was developed at CTU Prague with the support of academic and industry partners and other donors. Its goal is to reach an altitude of 3 km. Propulsion is provided by the new Perseus hybrid engine with 3 kN of thrust, developed in-house by CTU Space Research members. On September 8, 2025, it was christened at the Prague Planetarium by Ondřej Rohlík, the Czech Republic's envoy to ESA from the Czech Ministry of Transport.
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Newsletter #2 — Summary of the first third of 2025
it's time for another newsletter, and on the following pages you can find out what's been happening in our team. And it's been a lot — from taking part in conferences promoting space, to the best news our team could have hoped for. You'll also read about how our work is progressing and everything we've managed to achieve over the past quarter.
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Newsletter #1 — 2024 year in review
Dear readers, welcome to our very first newsletter! We decided on this format to keep you better informed about what's happening in our team, our project progress, and our future plans. We'd like to publish the newsletter regularly, roughly once a quarter, in line with our project milestones.
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Second launch of the Illustria rocket, this time with guests and an improved Medusa engine
Since the last launch, a whole series of changes took place, both technical and organisational. The Medusa engine was improved, and once it had been successfully tested, preparations could continue. We drew on the experience gained from the previous launch to plan and run this one. Because of the larger number of guests, we tightened the safety instructions for the entire launch to make sure nobody got hurt and everything ran as it should.
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First launch of the student rocket Illustria and the Medusa engine
On May 5, 2024, the Illustria rocket had its first successful launch. The rocket was designed by students from the CTU Space Research team at CTU Prague. The launch took place at the Bezno airfield near Mladá Boleslav.