Vehicle · 2024 · Launch Canada

Luminis V2

The first vehicle we flew with a flight computer we trusted enough to publish the numbers.

Flight record

What it did.

Figures come from the onboard flight computer.

Apogee
10,564 ft feet above ground level
Max velocity
Not publishedat burnout
Max acceleration
Not publishedpeak, from flight data
Length
2.8 m (110 in) overall, tip to tail
Liftoff mass
Not publishedfuelled, with payload
Motor
CTI M1545 designation and impulse class
Recovery
Not publisheddrogue and main configuration
Result
Not published
The build

How it was made.

Luminis V2 reused the same 5 in, 2.8 m airframe as Luminis. Its Launch Canada 2024 flight was the team's first fully nominal launch and recovery. Blue Raven flew as primary with EasyMini and Void Lake (VLF4) as backups. VLF4 came back flight-proven. The payload camera recorded the full flight. Apogee was 10,564 ft, 5.2% below the projected 11,146 ft.

Gallery

At competition.

Luminis V2 lies horizontal under the Launch Canada tent, full airframe from nose to fins, bib 13 on the tail.
The full airframe under the Launch Canada tent, nose to fins. Bib 13 on the tail.
Luminis V2 stands vertical on the launch rail before flight, LUMINIS lettering and bib 13 readable up the airframe.
On the launch rail before flight. LUMINIS lettering and bib 13 up the airframe.
Luminis V2 clears the pad at Launch Canada, exhaust plume trailing behind the ascending airframe.
Clears the pad at Launch Canada 2024. The team's first nominal launch and recovery.
A team member carries the recovered Luminis V2 airframe through the bush, bib 13 on the tail and orange streamer on the tube.
Back through the bush with the airframe. Bib 13 still readable on the tail.
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