MAPHEUS – Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit, Material Physics under Microgravity Conditions
MAPHEUS
is a DLR research rocket programme conducting annual launches of scientific payloads dedicated to material studies. Experiments on MAPHEUS cover a wide range of material physics topics such as gelation, the behaviour of granulates, diffusion and the mixing and demixing of metallic alloys. Propelled by a two stage Nike/Improved-Orion motor combination, MAPHEUS typically offers more than three minutes of microgravity time at 10-4g.
General information
| Launch site |
Esrange Space Center |
| Launch date |
tbd |
Technical information
| Rocket type |
Two stage solid; Nike motor and Improved Orion motor |
| Nominal diameter |
356 mm |
| Total weight |
516,2 kg |
| Apogee |
~150 km |
| Microgravity time |
~180 s |
| Length |
ca 10600mm |
| Burning time 1st stage |
3,5 s (Nike) |
| Burning time 2nd stage |
26 s (Imp Orion) |
| Max acceleration |
20 g |
| Flight time to apogee |
~190 s |
Experiment modules
| Module |
Experimenter |
| ATLAS-M |
DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space PI: Florian Kargl
|
| DEMIX-M |
DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space PI: Matthias Kolbe
|
| SCID-M |
DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space PI: Florian Kargl
|
| MEGRAMA-M |
DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space PI: Matthias Sperl
|
BATT-M
(Battery Module) |
DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space,
|
| Mapheus Service Module |
Developed by: DLR MORABA
|
| Recovery System |
Developed by: DLR MORABA
|
Contact persons
Mr. Olle Persson, SSC, olle.persson@sscspace.com
Mr. Martin Siegl, DLR, martin.siegl@dlr.de
Read more: DLR site for MAPHEUS
