REXUS/BEXUS (Rocket Experiments for University Students / Balloon Experiments for University Students) is a European programme for student experiments on rockets and balloons. The programme utilises sounding rockets and balloons launched from Esrange in northern Sweden.
"The REXUS/BEXUS programme is since 2007 realised under a bilateral Agency Agreement between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). The Swedish share of the payload has been made available to students from other European countries through a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
EuroLaunch, a cooperation between the Esrange Space Center of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of DLR, is responsible for the campaign management and operations of the launch vehicles. Experts from DLR, SSC, ZARM and ESA provide technical support to the student teams throughout the project.
REXUS rockets are launched from Esrange on an annual basis (nominally 2 rockets each spring), with full recovery and return of the experiment hardware to the students.
Type: Spin-stabilized rocket, powered by an Improved Orion motor
Mass: 515 kg (at launch)
Size: 5.6 m long, body diameter 14 in (35.6 cm)
Fuel: 290 kg of solid propellant
Peak altitude: 80–100 km
Payload: Student experiments of max 40 kg, system payload 60 kg
Recovery: Helicopter
REXUS 8
sv:LAPLander
VECTOR
REXUS 10
FOCUS
REXUS 13
CERESS
MUSCAT
StrathSat-R
SOLAR
REXUS 14
CAESAR
Gekko
EDoDSpaceSailors
PoleCATS
REXUS 15/16
StrathSat-R
MEDUSA
CWIS
FOVS
HORACE
ISAAC
MOXA
LOW Gravity
REXUS 17/18
WUSAT-2 SOLSPEC
REXUS 19/20
MIRKA2-RX
LiME
SLED
PICARD
BOILUS
PATHOS
CEMIOS
UB-Fire
REXUS 21/22 (CYCLE 9 - Launch Date: March 2017)
DIANE
UB-SPACE
SALACIA
DREAM
AtmoHIT
U-PHOS
GRAB (Gecko Related Adhesive test Bundles)
RaCoS
REXUS 23/24 (New Experiments: CYCLE 10 - Launch Date: March 2018)
ARES II (Axial Retention Experiment for PMD Sponges II)
DAEDALUS (Research of an Atmospheric Reentry of a Glider)
MORE (Measuring Optoelectronics in Rocket Experiment)
TESOS (In-flight temperature measurement with structurally integrated fibre optic sensors)
VIPER (Vaporizing Ice Penetration Experiment on a Rocket)
AQUASONIC II – Black Box (Development of a memory flash device)
PIOneERS (Measuring Plasma Impedance Of ne using Ejectable Recoverable System)
ROACH (Robotic in-Orbit Analysis of Cover Hulls)
SPAN (SPAce Navigation using Signals of Opportunity)
WOLF (Wobbling Control system for spinning Free falling unit)
BEXUS balloons are launched from Esrange on an annual basis (nominally 2 balloons each autumn).
Balloon: 10,000 - 12,000 m3 Zodiac 12 SF plastic balloon with helium gas
Length of balloon train: 65–100 m from top of balloon to gondola
Experiment mass: 40–100 kg
Flight duration: 2–5 hours
Peak altitude: 20–35 km
Recovery: Helicopter
BEXUS 6
LowCoINS (Low Cost Inertial Navigation System)
Icarus (Remote-controlled lifting body)
TURA (Turbulence in the stratospheric wind and temperature fields)
BEXUS 7
Stratospheric Census (Dust in the Stratosphere)
TimePIX@Space (Radiation profiles)
Aurora SMF Polar Explorer (Stratosphere and Magnetic Field)
DOLS (Diversity and Origin of Life in Stratopshere)
BEXUS 8
MATI (Measurement of Atmospheric Turbulence with combined Instruments)
REM (Radio Emission Monitor)
BEXUS 9
reel.SMRT (Balloon microgravity platform)
COMPASS (Calculating and Observing Magnetic Polar field intensity in the StratoSphere)
CRIndIons (Cosmic Ray Induced Ionisation)
NAVIS (North Atlantic Vessel Identification System)
SO-high (Silicon-on-Insulator)
BEXUS 10
CASS-E Cranfield Astrobiological Stratospheric Sampling Experiment
I-BATE (International Space University - Balloon Air traffic control Technology Experiment)
SCRAT (Spherical Compact Rechargeable Air Thruster)
BEXUS 11
PERDaix (Proton Electron Radiation Detector)
RETA (Radiation Exposure in The Atmosphere)
SCOPE 2.0 (Stabilized Camera Observation Platform Experiment)
LAERTES (Characterization of the radiative environment at high altitude by measuring neutron flux)
BEXUS 12
CoCoRAD (Combined TriTel/Pille Cosmic Radiation and Dosimetric Measurements)
LITOS (Leibniz Institute Turbulence Observations in the Stratosphere)
BEXUS 13
ARCADE
MARVEL
RETA (Radiation Exposure in The Atmosphere)
VEXREDUS (Vehicle EXtended Reentry Duration)
BEXUS 14/15
MONSTA (Measurement Of Neutrons with Scintillators in The Atmosphere)
TECHDOSE (Development of a Complex Balloon Technology Platform for Advanced Cosmic Radiation and Dosimetric Measurements)
AMES (Atmospheric Magnetic and Electric field Sensor)
BioDos (Continuous measurement of the change of UV radiation in dependence of altitude – Testing new method of measuring effects of UV radiation on biological systems)
MISSUS (Meteorological Integrated Sensor SUite for Stratospheric analysis)
SolSpecTre (Measurement of Solar Spectrum)
BEXUS 16/17
FLASH Fluid Lab in the Stratosphere
iSEDE (Inflatable Satellite Encompassing Disaggregated Electronics)
DAEMON (DNA Adverse Effect Monitoring)
TORMES (Topography from Reflectometric Measurements: an Experiment from Stratosphere
ARCADE-R2 (Autonomous Rendezvous Control and Docking Experiment – Reflight 2)
BEXUS 18/19
A5-Unibo (Advanced Atmospheric Aerosol Acquisition and Analysis)
AFIS-P (Antiproton Flux In Space – Prototype)
ARCA (Advanced Receiver Concepts for ADS-B)
COUGAR (COntrol of Unmanned Ground vehicle from higher Altitude in near Real time)
POLARIS (POLymer-Actuated Radiator with Independent Surfaces)
ADAM (Angular Distribution of charged particles, Atmosphere Measurement)
TamaOS (Monitoring of ozone and oxygen concentrations with miniaturized solid state sensors)
GranaSAT (Attitude control for a microsatellite based in a Star Tracker, and Earth’s magnetic field measurements)
TORMES 2.0 (TOpography from Reflectometric Measurements: an Experiment from Stratosphere)
BEXUS 20/21
HACORD (High Altitude Codmic Ray Detector)
COSPA(Collection Of Stratospheric aerosol PArticles for a better understanding of the development of Polar Stratospheric Clouds)
CPT-SCOPE (Cosmic Partcile Telescope)
FREDE2015 (FREon Decay Experiment)
SPADE (Smartphone Platform for Acquisition of Data Experiment)
InTex (INflatable TEXtile based antenna systems and structures)
BEXUS 22/23
ACORDE (Altitude COsmic Ray DEtector)
SIGNON
OSCAR
PREDATOR
STRATONAV
TPD-3 Vanguard (Technology Demonstrator Platform 3 “Vanguard”)
BuLMA 2015 (Balloon micro Lifeform-and-Meteorite Assembler)
LOTUS-D
BEXUS 24/25 (New Experiments: CYCLE 10 - Launch Date: October 2017)
CADMUS (Cloud chamber for high Altitude Detection of Muons Under Special relativity effect)
DREX (Deployable Reflector EXperiment)
EXIST (Examination of Infrasound in the Stratosphere and Troposphere)
LOTUS-XD (Light power and Optical Transmission experiment of University Students – eXtra Data)
NEMESYS (Neutron Effects on Memory SYStems)
HAMBURG (High Altitude Meteor-dust-catching Balloon constructed by a Revolutionary Generation)
IRIS (Infra-Red albedo measurements In Stratosphere)
SUNBYTE (Sheffield University Nova Balloon Lifted Telescope)
