23′-24′ Spaceport America Cup Team

Spaceport America Cup Project

We participate in the Spaceport America Cup, the world’s largest Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition, where students can launch solid, liquid, or hybrid rockets to 10k or 30k feet.

Spaceport America Cup

The Spaceport America Cup is the largest Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition. Students can launch solid, liquid, or hybrid rockets up to 10k or 30k feet.

Spaceport America | The Space to be…™

Spaceport America Cup is held at Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport in Las Cruces, NM.

Experimental Sounding Rocket Association

ESRA is a non-profit organization founded to foster and promote engineering knowledge in rocketry.

BSLI SAC Project team competes annually at Spaceport America

BSLI Spaceport America Cup (SAC) project team is focused on designing, manufacturing, and launching a student-built rocket. Every year, the team travels to New Mexico to compete in the Spaceport America Cup, the largest intercollegiate rocketry competition. The team competes in the 30k, Student Research and Designed (SRAD) category, meaning they design all components of a rocket to reach or get as close to 30,000 feet as possible.

ILIAD

HEIGHT	3.38 m / 11.1 ft
DIAMETER	0.15 m / 0.5 ft
MASS	34.02 kg / 75 lbs
THRUST	4425 N / 995 lbf
MOTOR	O-CLASS
APOGEE	8.9 km / 29.2k ft
TOP SPEED	Mach 2.05
Project Manager	Cameron Burford LinkedIn
Deputy PM	Rahul Srinivas LinkedIn srinivas.45@osu.edu

Structures

Team Lead:
Liam Juhas
LinkedIn
juhas.9@osu.edu

The Structures team is responsible for designing and testing all airframe components for the rocket. The team focuses on the research and development of airframes, fins, nose cones, and any specialty aerodynamic components. They also conduct structural tests to verify manufacturing techniques and airframe design.

Avionics

Team Lead:
Toby Simpson
simpson.900@osu.edu

The Avionics team is responsible for designing, testing, and manufacturing all flight computers, sensors, and telemetry systems and ensuring that rocket recovery systems are functional. Avionics works closely with all teams to collect proper data for a successful flight. Additionally, they work closely with Recovery and Payload to assist and ensure the proper systems and data collection systems work for their needs.

Aerodynamics

Team Lead:
Jackson Nicley
LinkedIn
nicley.6@osu.edu

The Aerodynamics team focuses on evaluating the performance of the rocket during flight. Recently the team has been analyzing the effects of the transition piece in the middle of the rocket in addition to the nose cone shape. Work includes consulting aerodynamic literature and using Ansys Fluent to run Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations.

Recovery

Team Lead:
Calvin Beall
LinkedIn
beall.67@osu.edu

The Recovery team focuses on designing and making the vehicle’s recovery systems. TBD utilizes a 48″ drogue with a 216″ main chute on a dual deploy, single separation configuration. Work includes chute maintenance and designing custom ejection charge canisters and deployment bags.

Payload

Team Lead:
Hanshu Kotta
LinkedIn
kotta.4@osu.edu

The Payload team focuses on designing a payload that conforms to the competition requirements. The Payload team works to have multiple experiments onboard, including a team concept and an outreach project working with local organizations in Columbus, OH. Work includes experiment brainstorming, design, development, and analysis post-flight.

Propulsion

Team Lead:
Matthew Geiger
LinkedIn

The Propulsion team researches and develops a solid propellant rocket motor. Work includes creating a custom propellant formula, utilizing solid motor fabrication techniques, conducting motor hot fire tests to verify design, and integration to launch vehicle.

Static fire of student-developed rocket motor