Subteams

The Business team handles the team's finances, web development, content and design creation, sponsorship relations, events, and logistics. The business team ensures that the team always has the funding to complete our operations, and always has the organization to bring our team to the Spaceport America Cup.

The Electrical subteam designs, manufactures, and tests electrical systems for launch vehicle's payload. Last year, the subteam worked with the Deployable Rover System subteam in areas like deploying the rover itself, helping to avoid objects, and getting a reading from the solar panels. This year, it will work with the Payload subteam on the air-launched fixed-wing aircraft.

The Embedded Software team designs and creates a module to be flown on the launch vehicle which provides the team with continuous information about the rocket's position and velocity. Once the launch vehicle has landed, the subteam handles recovery and tracking.

The propulsion team handles the lift requirements of the launch vehicle. As a research and development based team, propulsion designs, simulates, manufactures, and tests rocket motors and engines for use on the launch vehicle. Design focus is on lifting the launch vehicle to a prescribed altitude while maintaining control of thrust throughout the ascent.

The Recovery and Payload subteam is responsible for the design and manufacture of an aerial system that will navigate the descending rocket to a predetermined GPS coordinate.

The Structures subteam handles the overall structure and recovery systems of the competition launch vehicle.The subteam will choose the rocket motor, design the parachute recovery system, design the interfaces between payloads, and perform rocket motion simulations to accurately predict the launch vehicle's altitude of apogee