Building upon UMSATS’ years of success and experience building satellites expanded in 2018 with the formation of a rocketry division. Initially our goal is aimed towards competing in the 2019 Spaceport America Cup in June. Rocketry provides its members with a new set of challenges and opportunities that was previously unavailable to them.
Competition
UMRT (University of Manitoba Rocket Team) is UMSATS’ newest endeavor, with 2018-2019 marking our first year designing a sounding rocket and scientific payload in preparation for the Spaceport America Cup competition. This international competition provides a chance for students to launch their rockets and conduct their experimental mission. UMRT gives students the opportunity to have hands-on experience with cutting-edge space travel technologies.
Subsystems
Propulsion
The propulsion system is responsible for providing the impulse necessary to reach the intended height to deploy our payload by carefully selecting the appropriate propellant for the mission through thermodynamic calculations. Other activities include nozzle development and static testing as well as research and development.
Avionics
The avionics system is responsible for gathering telemetry data and controlling staging events during the course of flight such as ignition, parachute deployment, or payload activation.
Airframe
The airframe is the structure that houses all of the subsystems, providing aerodynamic stability as well as protection for components subjected to other forces
Recovery
The recovery system is responsible for safely landing the rocket back on the ground by deploying a multi-parachute system at precisely the right moments during its descent.
Payload
The payload team develops meaningful scientific experiments that can be incorporated into our sounding rocket, involving collaboration across various disciplines as necessary.
Meet the team
Paulina Zielonka
Design Lead
Luke Thiessen
Document Manager
Nic Casson
Payload Lead... NANOBOTS
Will Ediger
Recovery Co-Lead
Nick Klassen
Recovery Co-lead
Sawyer Rempel
Program Manager
Sanjay Abraham
Treasurer
Joseph Howarth
Avionics Lead