OPTOcon lifts off

OPTOcon AG: In the morning of 12/04/2013, the rocket TEXUS 50 of the Model CDB-30 launched from Kiruna, northern Sweden into space. The rocket of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) was equipped with four experiments of biology and materials science and reached an altitude of 261 kilometers.

One of these experiments was conducted by Prof. P. Galland from the University of Marburg. It was about reactions of the fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus under gravity. Optocon's fiber optic 90 ° adapter was part of this experimental arrangement. The scientific payload of the rocket was six and a half minutes under gravity space before a parachute brought the equipment safely back to Earth.

Since 1977 the TEXUS rockets have been flying regularly on behalf of the research into space. At the end of this year a new rocket launch is planned.

The entire fiber optic product portfolio from Optocon AG is ideal for usage in critical environments. These include MRI, RF, microwave, high-voltage, and chemically aggressive environments, as well as applications in the weightlessness of air and space industry.