Pullman Geosciences Inc. in conjunction with The Glenda Project, has been manufacturing and supplying the Thunderocket Product Lines to qualified storm chase team meteorologists in the United States and Canada, arctic science research facilities, and the United States military since 1997. Our Thunderockets have been made famous in real life research firsts as in tornado penetration, weather modification situations, battlefield conditions, and the Hollywood movie screen. We hold patents for each of our unique Thunderocket series. We deliver payloads anywhere and we do mean anywhere!

The Thunderocket Product Line that has been developed by Pullman Geosciences Inc. and Rocket Labs consists of the following deployment specialties:

  • Weather Research Series
  • Mobile Active Sky Master Systems
  • Mobile Aerial Payload Systems
  • Skypuncher Delivery Vehicle Series of Rockets

 

THUNDEROCKET® Weather Research Series

The THUNDEROCKET Weather Research Series of rapid deployment payload delivery vehicles are designed for survival in severe and extreme weather research conditions in order to carry instrument payloads deep into suborbital areas previously unreachable for data analysis - thunderstorms, microbursts, and tornados.

Mission: To fly where no low cost scientific payload research rocket has gone before - straight into the heart of thunder storms; hence the name of this delivery vehicle: Thunderocket.

The Thunderocket WR Series is a rapid deploy and fire system with full telemetry payload capsule delivery capability designed for those individuals requiring scientific data while chasing weather phenomena on the run.

 

THUNDEROCKET - TORNADO PIERCING

The THUNDEROCKET equipped with a full sensor array has the ability to be fired at a tornado and carry the payload through the wall of a tornado with an exceptionally high survival rate to extract data from previously untouchable weather phenomena. There is no other product on the planet with a proven record that can deliver a payload to the heart of the action.

 

 

THUNDEROCKET Mobile Active Sky Master Systems

.MASM Systems come in a variety of three models each with a specific scientific mission.

MASM(GA) - Mobile Atmosphere Sniffer Model (Gas Analysis) - A mobile rapid deployment sniffer model is available for immediate upper atmosphere gas analysis. Low cost and immediate firing to a suspect location can supply answers awarding time savings and protection for ground troops.

MASM(WM) - Meso Atmosphere Seeding Model (Weather Modification) - A rapid deployment model designed for real-time operational applications which involve weather modification practices is now commercially available from Pullman Geosciences Inc to qualified buyers.. The unit can be launched into weather phenomena with payload distribution systems in place on payloads for seeding clouds. The system allows direct placement of payloads into weather systems without risk to the operators. Weather modification can be used to reduce damage from hail storms protecting agricultural crops and reducing weather related damage. The MASM(WM) unit provides a tool with a safety level, not attainable by any other process in use today.

MASM(BM) - Micro-organism Automated Sensing Model (Bacteriological Migration) - A rapid deployment model designed for a real-time operational application payload which can collect bacteria and fungus floating in the upper atmosphere. The MASM(BM) travels to the outer limits of the atmosphere and samples for organisms that are resistant to the high rates of ultraviolet radiation, very low air pressure and exceedingly low temperatures. The payload unit has the ability to sample and capture bacteria and fungus, as well as storing and maintaining the samples on board for return to earth for laboratory analysis.


THUNDEROCKET Mobile Aerial Payload Systems

The MAPS Series of research and development rockets are capable of carrying payloads up to 2 Kilogramsr. The rocket series is designed to interchange various body and engine components to meet numerous configuration possibilities.

The MAPS Series consists of the various models:

  • MAPS 1A - ground launched; single stage; for altitudes to 10,000 feet
  • MAPS 1B - ground launched; single stage; for altitudes to 15,000 feet
  • MAPS 1C - ground launched; two stage; for altitudes to 25,000 feet

MAPS 1C in full flight

MAPS 1C second stage ignition at Mach 1

  • MAPS 2 - ground launched; multi-stage; for altitudes to 80,000+ feet
  • MAPS 3 - air launched via Glooscap; for altitudes above 100,000 feet

The MAPS Series of rockets are designed for recovery or single use tasks depending on the needs of the user.

 

Skypuncher Delivery Vehicle Series of Rockets

  Pullman Geosciences Inc. is dedicated to the development of high altitude delivery vehicles capable of carrying small payloads; hence the evolution of the Skypuncher Delivery Vehicle Series of Rockets.

 

  Research has been addressing the problems of producing low cost delivery vehicles which can carry instrument packages to extreme upper atmosphere altitudes and micro-satellites into both polar and equatorial orbits.

  As development progresses, it is safe to say that the Skypuncher represents the total sum of information learned from the various Thunderocket models. We continue to push the limits of research in the never ending quest to improve human life.