Onkla Begins Constructing A New Small Rocket!

On July 11, 2022, the decision was made for a new rocket to be developed in Onkla. The rocket is currently set to launch in late July, however could launch in early to mid August. This article will talk about the goals, the design, and everything else you need to know about this brand new little rocket.

This brand new little rocket is called EvDM-1 or Everest Demonstration Model 1. This rocket is mostly engine, however it does support new aerodynamics such as fins, and a newly designed nosecone. This rocket will be printed in only two seperate 3D prints! This is a major step up because the past Everest 1 series of rocket could be printed in seven prints at the minimum. This small in size and quick to build will be a major advantage over the larger rockets. This is because if we notice that they did something wrong, we can easily tweak it, and possibly even launch the next day! The small size and quick production rate of these vehicles means that many will be launched in one day. Per launch day we will target from 3 - 8 launches of these rockets as they do not need much setup and will hopefully teach us many things about the aerodynamics of these rockets that we didn't know before.

The main missions on these will be SVL launches. SVL stands for Small Vehicle Launch and they will be broken up into different categories. There will be five major launch groups. The first one is where the launch rod will face east, the second is where it will face north, the third is west, the fourth is south, and the fifth is facing directly upwards. These will be broken up. We are expecting to have around 4 - 10 launches per trajectory path, however it is not confirmed which paths will have the most launches.

This new rocket doesn't mean that the bigger rockets will go away. The larger rockets will just launch later and less frequently. However our goal is to get the larger rockets to be re-used and for the rocket to fly more than once a week. The large rocket will still need to be used to fly data computers, flight computers, monitoring sensors and more! However, for the time being, we will be expiramenting with the smaller rockets to nail the aerodynamics for the larger vehicles, which are alot harder to setup and build for each launch.