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The flight didn't last long.  The NASSA motor ripped off the pad, and a brief time later the rocket suffered an airframe failure.  Spiral wound fiberglass tube is strong, but it's not invincible, and the ARTS (which survived the flight) recorded the break up right as the rocket was passing through the sound barrier.  I never did a project this cool when I was a student!