Update: The launch event will not happen on the 20.05.2018. Next launch opportunity is on 28.06.2018.
The launch event of the PAPELL experiment will take place at the Space Center Baden-Württemberg on 20 May 2018 starting at 09:30 am. The rocket launch is planned for 11:04 am.
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The PAPELL experiment is a technology demonstrator for a pump without mechnically movable parts. This is achieved by moving a magnetizable liquid - ferrofluid - with the help of an electromagnet. Given mission success, such a maintenance-free pump could be used for long-term missions in space. The experiment was developed and constructed by Students from Stuttgart in the span of one year. The experiment will be presented and supervised by the German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. At the launch event, you will hear exciting lectures about the Institute of Space Systems, the small satellite student society at the University of Stuttgart, and other experiments that will soon reach space through crewed missions. |
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Time |
Countdown |
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09:30 |
t – 94 min |
Welcome |
PD. Dr.-Ing. G. Herdrich |
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09:35 |
t – 89 min |
The Institute of Space Systems |
PD. Dr.-Ing. G. Herdrich |
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09:50 |
t – 74 min |
Photobioreactor – Algae on the ISS |
Dr.-Ing. Gisela Detrell |
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10:10 |
t – 54 min |
The Small Satellite Student Society at the University of Stuttgart |
V. Starlinger |
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10:30 |
t – 34 min |
PAPELL – A Pump without Mechanical Parts |
D. Starzmann, J.-E. Brune |
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10:50 |
t – 14 min |
Transition to the OA-9 Livestream |
PD. Dr.-Ing. G. Herdrich |
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11:04 |
t – 0 min |
Launch |
PD. Dr.-Ing. G. Herdrich |
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12:00 |
t + 56 min |
End of the Event |
The PAPELL Experiment
The PAPELL Team