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When we last left the Garvey Space Craft/Cal State Long Beach rocketeers at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry test site in Mojave, California, they had static-tested their P-18 engine, designed to launch nanosatellites to low Earth orbit, for the 150 seconds required to launch an orbital first stage….
Says John Garvey: "The next launch is scheduled for April. We tentatively have at least one payload provider signed up who will help co-sponsor the flight. We are going to try to fly the P-18 on a regular basis while the vehicle and funds hold out. There are lots of opportunities for improvement."
In a photo of the just-landed vehicle, a "Buzz Lightyear payload flown on behalf of a first-grade class in Long Beach" hangs on for dear life to steel-plate ballast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKDt5TUK3rU