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Booster 4
2023
Abstract
The design, manufacturing and launch of a payload-capable booster that must reach a minimum altitude of 100 meters, record flight telemetry data, and deploy payload at apogee. The booster must be recoverable and reusable to be re-armed and flown again within 1 hour of its first launch.
Project Details
This project requires an aerodynamically stable flight with sufficient thrust and power supply to be able to deploy a payload and a parachute for a safe landing. The motor and parachute must then be replaced to be launched again within an hour. The booster and payload must weigh no more than 1.5 kg combined, and only commercially available rocket engines types A through F may be used.
Project Objective
To meet our project goals, we must be able to carry a 0.5 kilogram payload in a 1 kilogram rocket
containing no more than 125 grams of propellant, which can be recovered and reused within 1
hour, and can fit inside a typical sedan car. There were no changes made to the Mission Needs
Statement.
Mission Needs
Impress the University of South Carolina Aerospace Program and demonstrate
our team's capabilities as engineers by designing and constructing a reusable rocket booster using
commercially available motors, in 16 weeks with 4 students and a budget of $1250.
