Copenhagen Suborbitals Succeed

An amateur rocketry group called the Copenhagen Suborbitals has successfully launched a rocket from a platform floating in the Baltic Sea. The group had hoped the rocket would reach ten miles altitude. In fact it only reached two miles, but the group still said this first test flight was a success.

The goal of the Copenhagen Suborbitals is to develop an extremely inexpensive launch system capable of carrying indiviiduals on suborbital flights. That's quite a goal for an amateur group, and the Suborbitals clearly have a very long way to go in that regard. Still, they are off to a solid start.