Spaceport America Competition

Successfully launched and recovered the 10k solid rocket my team and I built at the Spaceport America Cup

Technologies used: redundant coding techniques, applied physics, applied math
In collaboration with: SEDS UNLV

Our rocket on the launch rail, seconds before launch

Hotel room setup for testing electronics in a self-built pressure chamber

Post-flight recovery sight

Upon impact with the ground on landing, one of the rocket fins broke off

The team that traveled to compeition

Video of the competition experience

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Technical report written by the SEDS UNLV team

Post-competition Goals

  • Development of stdudent-researched and developed (SRAD) motor (project and test-stand for it already started)
  • Develop gyroscopic rocket stabilization control algorithm (GRSCA) (project already started)

Major applause to UNLV SEDS for developing a rocketry club and successfully designing, manufacturing, and competing with a rocket in less than a year!