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 Team
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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
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.

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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.

Meet the Teams

ILIAD

HEIGHT3.38 m / 11.1 ft
DIAMETER0.15 m / 0.5 ft
MASS34.02 kg / 75 lbs
THRUST4425 N / 995 lbf
MOTORO-CLASS
APOGEE8.9 km / 29.2k ft
TOP SPEEDMach 2.05
Project Manager
Cameron Burford

burford.28@osu.edu

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Deputy PM
Rahul Srinivas

srinivas.45@osu.edu

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Iliad

Structures

Team Lead:

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.
Structures Team

Avionics

Team Lead:

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.
Avionics Bay

Responsible Engineers

Pranav Moola

Pranav Moola

Electronics

Electrical & Computer Engineering

 

moola.5@osu.edu

Cyrus Kim

Cyrus Kim

Electronics

Electrical & Computer Engineering

 

kim.8574@osu.edu

Brian Jia

Brian Jia

Flight Software

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sophomore

jia.659@osu.edu

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Toby Simpson

Toby Simpson

Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Software / Test Infrastructure

Computer Science & Engineering

 

simpson.900@osu.edu

Elhan Majed

Elhan Majed

Ground Control Software (Front End)

Mechanical Engineering

Sophomore

majed.2@osu.edu

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Lauren Clar

Lauren Clar

Radio and Telemetry

Computer Science & Engineering

Senior

clar.6@osu.edu

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Carter Davis

Carter Davis

Mechanical Structure

Aerospace Engineering

Sophomore

davis.7344@osu.edu

Reilly Fastring

Reilly Fastring

Air Brakes Mechatronics

Aerospace Engineering

Sophomore

fastring.1@osu.edu

Aerodynamics

Team Lead:

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.
CFD Simulation

Recovery

Team Lead:

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.

Testing of parachute cordDeployed parachute after landing

Payload

Team Lead:

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.
Payload

Propulsion

Team Lead:

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