A mostly cloudy day and a low ceiling at Saint-Pie-de-Guire for the Quebec rocketry club’s annual October sky launch. Late in the afternoon the clouds broke allowing this launch to 5000′. This video is a dual deployment flight of a 4″ diameter, 79″ long Black Brant II rocket on an Aerotech K535W solid rocket motor. …
Beyond Blue Aerospace was pleased to provide support for Launch Canada 2023 through volunteering during planning and operations as well as supplying the quad launchers for the community outreach program. This is a great annual event for students, the local community, and helps to advance aerospace and rocketry in Canada ! Here are some highlights …
During the week of July 5, BBA’s David LeFrancois was at the spaceport in Canso Nova Scotia as a member of the Launch Canada team to launch York University’s Goose 3 two-stage rocket. The event was hosted by Maritime Launch Services. The first few days involved traveling to the launch site and setup in preparation for the …
On April 29, 2023, BBA had the honour of launching rockets with the 534 Raider Squadron – Royal Canadian Air Cadets based in Peterborough Ontario. This is the second year we held this event in Nicholls Oval Park. As is tradition, it seems, the weather was a bit rainy to put it mildly. All in …
In early April BBA’s David LeFrancois visited Canada’s first commercial spaceport in Canso Nova Scotia as a member of the Launch Canada delegation. The visit involved touring the launch site, setting up a launch rail, and testing out the launch control system that will be used for an inaugural launch from the spaceport in July. …
