An image of the Canary sounding rocket

The Canary Sounding Rocket

The Canary sounding rocket is a reuseable sub-orbital sounding rocket designed by Airborne Engineering in collaboration with Reaction Engines Limited and Bristol University, to investigate the performance of an E-D nozzle rocket engine, and at speeds of up to Mach 5, and to analyse the wake field downstream of an E-D nozzle under flight conditions.

The Canary sounding rocket project is led at the Airborne Engineering end by Richard Osborne, supported by James Macfarlane and others.