Aerotech Consumer Aerospace
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Aerotech Consumer Aerospace, established in 1982, is a company that supplies motors, kits and components for mid and high power rocketry
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The company's headquarters are located in Cedar City, Utah
and its products are sold mainly through US and international dealers. They specialize in APCP
mid and high power rocket motors, as well as supplying rocket kits designed around their motors.
Aerotech produces single use and reloadable engines in the mid-power range (D - G impulse engines). They also produce high power rocket engines reloads, ranging from an H to an N motor impulse. High power reloads require proper certification from the National Association of Rocketry
, or Tripoli Rocketry Association
. All reloads require Aerotech, Rouse-Tech, or Dr. Rocket reload casings.
High powered rocket
High-power rocketry is a hobby similar to model rocketry. The major difference is that higher impulse range motors are used. The National Fire Protection Association definition of a high-power rocket is one that has a total weight of more than 1500 grams and contains a motor or motors...
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The company's headquarters are located in Cedar City, Utah
Cedar City, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,527 people, 6,486 households, and 4,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.8 people per square mile . There were 7,109 housing units at an average density of 353.9 per square mile...
and its products are sold mainly through US and international dealers. They specialize in APCP
Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant
Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant is a modern solid rocket propellant used in both manned and unmanned rocket vehicles. It differs from many traditional solid rocket propellants such as black powder or Zinc-Sulfur, not only in chemical composition and overall performance, but also by the...
mid and high power rocket motors, as well as supplying rocket kits designed around their motors.
Aerotech produces single use and reloadable engines in the mid-power range (D - G impulse engines). They also produce high power rocket engines reloads, ranging from an H to an N motor impulse. High power reloads require proper certification from the National Association of Rocketry
National Association of Rocketry
The National Association of Rocketry is the governing body for the sport/hobby of model rocketry in the United States. It was established in 1957 by Orville Carlisle and G. Harry Stine and is currently headed by Trip Barber. It is the oldest and largest model rocketry governing body in the...
, or Tripoli Rocketry Association
Tripoli Rocketry Association
The Tripoli Rocketry Association is one of the two major organizing bodies for high power rocketry in the United States. It was founded in 1964 in the Pittsburgh, PA region as a high school science club, integrating both rocketry and space science...
. All reloads require Aerotech, Rouse-Tech, or Dr. Rocket reload casings.