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Algeria’s Blida Rocketry, founded in 2017 by students and teachers of the Institute of Aeronautics and Space Studies at the University of Saad Dahleb Blida, is one of the leading student groups in Algeria with the skill and knowledge to design, manufacture and test high power rockets of different types and categories.The university team has developed three rockets with the first one produced in 2017 and dubbed Speedy Aero, a supersonic rocket made from composite materials and designed to reach a maximum apogee of 22K feet. The second, developed in 2018 and dubbed Silver Hawk, was designed to target multiple apogees due to its unique structure.
The Blida team designed and manufactured their most advanced rocket last year, and named it the Space Runner with the capacity to carry up to 7kg of payload to more than 30k feet apogees. Space Runner is a multistage rocket and the first to be wholly designed and manufactured in-house by students and staff at the Institute of Aeronautics and Space Studies. The rocket has advanced avionics, orientation data collectors and active braking systems for altitude control and recovery process. The team initially planned to launch the Space Runner rocket this year.
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