Program Timeline and Milestones:

Start Date:

Projected End Date:

August 2005

2016

Major Milestones:

Date:

Event:

Description:

 January 21, 2006

Static Firing of BEM-1

First firing of dual-phase Ballistic Evaluation Motor. Result: CATO during 2nd burn

April 15, 2006

Static Firing of BEM-2

Second firing of dual-burn Ballistic Evaluation Motor. Result: CATO during 2nd burn

July 29th, 2006

Static Firing of BEM-3

Third firing of dual-phase Ballistic Evaluation Motor. Result: Partial success. Second burn failed to ignite due to operator error.

September 23rd, 2006

Static Firing of BEM-4

Fourth firing of dual-phase Ballistic Evaluation Motor. Result: Full success

June 2007

SS2S Program begins

Revamping of Sugar Shot from a single project to a series of “stepping stone” projects.

May 15, 2008

Static Firing of ProtoSShot-M Mark I

First static firing of MiniSShot motor. Result: CATO during 2nd burn

June-September 2008

“Launch Pad” fund raising initiative

Successful: Target of $1000 exceeded, actual $1100  raised

September 21, 2008

Static Firing of ProtoSShot-M Short Stack

Firsts static firing of MiniSShot motor. Result: CATO during 2nd burn

November 22, 2008

Static Firing of ProtoSShot-M Mark II

Second static firing of MiniSShot motor. Result: CATO during 2nd burn

February 15, 2009

First Platinum Donor

Darrell Reamer becomes the first SS2S Platinum Donor with a $1000 contribution

July 25, 2009

Static Firing of ProtoSShot-M Mark III

Third static firing of MiniSShot motor. Result:  Full success.

September 7, 2009

MiniSShot Main Computer 1st  /2nd flight

Tommas Jensen's TAS lofts Main Computer to approximately 2500 metres; Henrik Schultz' Draupner-2 to 3100 metres. Results: 1st flight lost in North Sea, no data; 2nd flight, recovered with good data

March 20, 2010

Launch of Phoenix-1

Test flight of MiniSShot avionics/recovery system. Results: Goal attained

April 25, 2010

Launch of MiniSShot-1

First flight of MiniSShot rocket. Result: Motor CATO during 2nd burn. Safe recovery of Payload with excellent flight data.  Partial success.

November 2010

Major Sponsorship for DSS gained

Markus Bindhammer committed major funding for DoubleSShot project with a $10,000 donation, becomes our first Diamond Donor.

February 14, 2011

Major Funding boosted

Markus Bindhammer reinforces his commitment to DoubleSShot by a subsequent €3800 donation.

May 7, 2011

Launch of MiniSShot-2

Second flight of MiniSShot rocket. Result: Vehicle instability followed by breakup  during 2nd burn. Result: Motor performance apparently nominal. Safe recovery of Payload with excellent flight data.  Partial success.

August 2011

Major Sponsorship for ESS gained

Markus Bindhammer pledges major funding for eXSShot project.

September 10, 2011

Static Firing of DSS BP

First static firing of DoubleSShot “boilerplate” dual-burn motor. Result: CATO shortly after start-up.

May 5, 2012

Static Firing of DSS BPS