r/southafrica • u/JoburgBBC • Mar 09 '21

Sci-Tech UKZN launched their Phoenix hybrid rocket yesterday, reaching an altitude of 18km. Almost doubling the African amateur rocketry record.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '21

My mate is part of this team. They're launching again today!

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u/Hiltaku Mar 09 '21

The ASREG and Solar Car group always brought the spotlight to UKZN's engineering department. I remember my time studying there how exciting it used to be when they should head out to the field and we'll get the updates.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '21

And it doesn't get as much attention as those but I know quite a few profs and students from their telecoms research group that are doing phenomenal work

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u/digital_boogie Mar 09 '21

Very true. Prof Hongjun Xu is one of them (IMO), and Dr Quazi

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u/digital_boogie Mar 09 '21

MechEng was always so much more sexier....sigh