Engineering
One rocket, seven subteams
- Nose cone — Aerodynamics
- Payload section (approximate position) — Payload Electronics, Payload Development, Payload Software
- Avionics and recovery: main parachute, avionics bay, and drogue parachute (approximate position) — Avionics & Recovery
- Fins and fin can — Aerodynamics
- Airframe and couplers — Structures
- Ground and launch operations — Safety & Operations
Drawn to scale from the 2025–26 rocket. Nose cone, airframe, and fins come from its 3D model; the internal sections show the usual layout of a dual-deploy rocket, not measured positions.
Vehicle
The rocket itself: how it flies, what it is made of, and how it comes home.
Aerodynamics
How the vehicle flies: stability, drag, and performance.
Structures
The rocket's physical framework, and integrating every system into one vehicle.
Avionics & Recovery
The electronics that sense, record, and communicate during flight, and the parachutes that bring the rocket home.
Avionics & Recovery
Flight computers, sensors, and telemetry, and the parachutes that bring the rocket home.
Payload
The year's payload challenge, from mission concept to flight hardware.
Payload Electronics
The electrical architecture that lets the payload act on its own.
Payload Development
Turning each year's payload challenge into flight hardware.
Payload Software
The code behind the payload's autonomous mechanisms.
Safety & Operations
Procedures, documentation, and compliance that keep every build and launch safe.
Safety & Operations
Procedures, documentation, and compliance behind every build and launch.