KARMAN CHARLIE
About
Like the the previous Karman rockets, this is also a two-stage, using solid rocket motors. It features a booster made of composite materials and a fully aluminium sustainer.
Karman Charlie is the third rocket in our Karman Series of rockets, coming after “Karman Alpha” and “Karman Bravo”.
Karman Charlie will launch at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in California on 21st June 2025
UK test launches
A test rocket – Karman Charlie Mock, was built to test the configuration and on-board systems of Karman Charlie.
It was launched in the UK twice as a single stage and three more times in two-stage configuration. Though the first sustainer launch experienced a recovery failure, all subsequent launches were fully successful.
The team’s launches at the Midlands Rocketry Club and the East Anglia Rocketry Society verified the overall design, and helped finalize launch operations, as well as giving the launch crew plenty of practice launching and recovering the rocket.
