

DAY8: HACORD launch!
Today is the launch day of HACORD. We have to follow a tight schedule, which started early in the morning, 06.30 Electronics payload...


DAY7: Launch delayed
During the Flight Readiness Review of last evening there was proposed a launch window for today, on condition that no delays would occur....


DAY6: Final access to gondola
This morning started with an interference test between the experiments in our gondola. We did not experience any problems with our...


DAY4-5: BX21 launch
We followed the preparation and launch of BEXUS 21 during these two days. Within a few days the same is going to happen for our gondola....


DAY2-3: Experiment preparation
The first days of the launch campaign were dedicated to the preparation of the experiments. Each team performed their tests to check the...


DAY1: Arrival in Esrange
After traveling for six hours we finally arrived yesterday at the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, where the launch of HACORD will take...


Experiment accepted for flight!
A month before the launch campaign in Sweden, the project manager of SSC took a last close look at our experiment during our EAR...


Testing at low pressure
It was a challenge to find a vacuum bell large enough to fit our experiment into. We finally found the perfect setup at the University of...


Testing the experiment
Since all the electronics and mechanics were finally finished, we could test whether everything would fit together. And it does! On this...


HACORD in the media
Today we got a lot of interest of national and local media. We were honoured to show our nearly finished experiment. Our unique story has...