Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association (ARCA)
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on February 22, 2009 under Spacecraft | 
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Stabilo Suborbital Manned Program
The Romanian Cosmonautics and Aeronautics Association were participants in the Ansari X-Prize Competition and remain active in the annual X Prize Cup. Their ORIZONT and STABILO are billed as Europe’s most advanced private manned space programs. This gallery includes images of these craft along with their X-Prize Demonstrators. The Demonstrator 2B rocket, equipped with world first composite materials reusable monopropellant engine ever to fly, was successfully launched on September 9, 2004 from the Cape Midia Air Force Launch Site on the Black Sea shore. STABILO, a two stages manned suborbital air launched vehicle completed three flights until now. The first stage is world largest Solar Montgolfier balloon and the second stage is a rocket powered manned spaceship. First low altitude flights of Stabilo were completed in 2006. In the same year, Mission1 was completed at an altitude of 14.700 m. In 2007 Stabilo’s Mission2 was launched at an altitude of 12.000 m above the Black Sea. The team received flight data via a communication satellite. The landing point was located at 30km (16.2miles) from the launch site.
