The MAXUS 1B was a European sounding rocket designed to give its payload more than ten minutes in free-fall for microgravity experiments. It was launched on November 8, 1992.
There was a MAXUS 1 rocket before the MAXUS 1B, but its launch was a failure. The MAXUS 1 payload was recovered, refurbished, and relaunched by MAXUS 1B.
The MAXUS rocket program is a joint venture between the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the German space company EADS-ST. It is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). The ?Deutsche Aerospace? logo on the side of the MAXUS 1B refers to a German corporation that ultimately became part of EADS. The SSC logo is can also be seen on the model; it is the gray logo below and to the right of the ESA logo.
Other MAXUS rockets followed the MAXUS 1B. MAXUS 7 was scheduled to launch in May of 2006.
For more information:
- http://www.univ-perp.fr/fuseurop/maxus_e.htm
- http://www.ssc.se/default.asp?groupid=200462141547693&pageid=200461815942804
Author(s): Troy McLuhan (unknown date prior to 2007 December 31)
