German company launches candle wax-powered rocket on test flight into space

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Subject of emergency alert message arrested - May 2, 2024 | SaltWire #dartmouth #update #suspectBERLIN - German company HyImpulse successfully launched on Friday a candle wax-powered rocket capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time.

It is capable of carrying small satellites weighing up to 250 kg to an altitude of up to 250 km while being fuelled by paraffin, or candle wax, and liquid oxygen.

 

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