Flight o' t' Stratos II+ rocket t' 21.5 km (70,500 feet) altitude, breakin' t' European altitude record for amateur rocketry. Ya scallywag! T' Stratos II+ rocket lifted off on t' 16th o' October at 16:33 CEST from t' El Arenosillo base in Southern Spain. Begad! It reached a maximum speed o' 2545 km/h, which is about twice t' speed o' sound. Blimey! T' video shows t' countdown, liftoff and drogue parachute deployment at apogee. Ahoy! Afterwards, t' capsule splashes down in t' Atlantic briny deep and is recovered by boat. Ya scallywag! T' rocket be built by students o' t' Delft University o' Technology. Ya scallywag! Airbus Defence and Space NL, arrr, SES Satellites, me hearties, Safran Aerospace Propulsion Products, TNO, National Instruments, me bucko, Airliquide and INTA helped makin' t' launch Stratos II+ possible. Well, blow me down! T' onboard footage be made in cooperation with Delft Dynamics. Ahoy! Read more about t' flight at http://dare.tudelft.nl/2015/10/we-broke-the-record/