Project Nero

Project Nero was Portal Space's focus from 2020 to 2022 - building and launching Norway's first liquid-fueled rocket. Stay tuned for updates on the new project.

The project NERO started in February 2020. We wanted to create Norway's first liquid-fueled rocket. After a year of building the organization, designing and manufacturing, the first successful hot-fire was achieved on July 17th, 2021.

We planned to compete in the European Rocketry Challenge in 2022. EuRoC is the first university rocket launch competition in Europe and is held in Ponte de Sor in Portugal. We will compete in the class of liquid-fueled engines with a 9 km flight. Unfortunaly, we had to cancel our plans since the rocket was not ready. Stay tuned for updates on our new project.

The Nero rocket

Design Specifications
Height: 5.5m

Dry mass: 100 kg

Fins: #3

Diameter: 240 mm

Material skeleton: Aluminium

Material shell: Carbon Fiber

The engine Reodor MK1

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Design Specifications
Thrust: 3500 N

Mass Flow Rate: 1.47 kg/s

Specific Impulse: 245 s

Oxidizer - Fuel Ratio: 1.33

Combustion Chamber Pressure: 20 bar

Test specifications 17.7.21

Average Thrust: ~2400N

Average Chamber Pressure: ~19 bar

The engine Reodor MK2

Design Specifications
Thrust: 5000 N

Mass Flow Rate: 2.3 kg/s

Specific Impulse: 224 s

Oxidizer - Fuel Ratio: 1.33

Combustion Chamber Pressure: 20 bar

Test specifications 28.5.22

Average Thrust: ~2900N

Average Chamber Pressure: ~18 bar

About the name Reodor

Our engine is called Reodor, and is named after the character Reodor Felgen from the classical Norwegian movie Flåklypa Grand Prix. The vehicle he creates, Il Tempo Gigante, includes two liquid-fueled rocket engines which run on ethanol. The movie is also set in a rural part of Norway, and we found the name suitable since we started our manufacturing at a farm.

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Photo: Caprino Studios