Steven S. Pietrobon                              Wednesday, 3 April 1996
steven@sworld.com.au

RELEASE:  I96-1

ASRI DISPLAYS AUSROC III MOCKUP AT SPACEWORKS'96

The Australian Space Research Institute Limited (ASRI) displayed a fullscale 
mockup of the AUSROC III sounding rocket for the first time at Spaceworks'96 in 
Canberra, Australia. Measuring 9 m long and 0.7 m in diameter, the liquid 
fueled rocket is designed to carry 100 kg of scientific payload 500 km into 
space on a suborbital trajectory. The first launch is planned from Woomera, 
South Australia in 1998.

Also on display at Spaceworks'96 were the AUSROC III flight carbon fibre 
nosecone and prototype carbon fibre payload shroud.

A picture of the mockup can be obtained from

http://www.sworld.com.au/space/ausroc/images/a3mockup.jpg

Spaceworks'96 was a combination of three space related conferences; the 10th
National Space Engineering Symposium, the 4th Space Development Conference,
and the 8th Australian Remote Sensing Conference. All three conferences were
held in parallel during 27 to 29 March 1996.

ASRI is a voluntary professional organisation working with academia, 
government, and industry to provide focussed, nationally integrated programs 
for the advancement of space science, technology, and education within 
Australia.

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