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UMBRA’s Singularity Rocket Project team is a diverse group of students who are driven to take on the challenge of launching a rocket to 30,000 feet at the Spaceport America Cup held annually in Las Cruces, NM. Our members have been drawn to this project by the opportunity to collaborate and compete at an ambitious international competition while representing their university and learning advanced engineering principles. Members get hands-on experience with the rocket design process, which includes aerostructure design, thermochemistry, and materials science, structural analysis, manufacturing, composites fabrication, programming, avionics, aerodynamics, and more.
The UMBRA Singularity team will spend August 2020 to mid-June 2021 planning, designing, and building a rocket, experimental O-class motor, and 8.8 lb payload to enter in the Spaceport America Cup. We will launch in late June 2021 under the 30,000 feet apogee category. The rocket will use a student-researched and developed motor to reach apogee, at which point the recovery system will deploy and the rocket will enter a controlled descent to land safely.
By participating in the Spaceport America Cup our team will develop expertise by creating an efficient design for a rocket, gaining hands-on experience in the manufacturing process, refining our technical writing skills, and expanding our professional network through involvement in the competition’s podium and poster sessions.
The UMBRA Singularity team will spend August 2020 to mid-June 2021 planning, designing, and building a rocket, experimental O-class motor, and 8.8 lb payload to enter in the Spaceport America Cup. We will launch in late June 2021 under the 30,000 feet apogee category. The rocket will use a student-researched and developed motor to reach apogee, at which point the recovery system will deploy and the rocket will enter a controlled descent to land safely.
By participating in the Spaceport America Cup our team will develop expertise by creating an efficient design for a rocket, gaining hands-on experience in the manufacturing process, refining our technical writing skills, and expanding our professional network through involvement in the competition’s podium and poster sessions.
What is Spaceport America?
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Spaceport America is an FAA-licensed Launch complex located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is known as the world’s first “purpose-built spaceport”. Their facility sits on more than 18,000 acres and is equipped with their own emergency services, multiple launch sites, and restricted airspace. The organization’s declared mission is to provide the public with educational involvement in order to encourage interest in spaceport activities which they strive toward by hosting multiple tours and STEM education outreach events each year. Spaceport America is also home to the largest intercollegiate rocketry conference and competition in the world: the Spaceport America Cup.
The Spaceport America Cup is a competition planned in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) where more than 150 different institutions from around the world gather to compete in front of more than a thousand students, faculty, and industry representatives. The competition is separated into two main components: an academia-style conference and a classic design-build-fly contest. These are scored based on a combination of progress reports, technical reports, overall competency of design, quality of construction, adherence to payload requirements, and ability to accurately target a 30,000 ft altitude.
The Spaceport America Cup is a competition planned in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) where more than 150 different institutions from around the world gather to compete in front of more than a thousand students, faculty, and industry representatives. The competition is separated into two main components: an academia-style conference and a classic design-build-fly contest. These are scored based on a combination of progress reports, technical reports, overall competency of design, quality of construction, adherence to payload requirements, and ability to accurately target a 30,000 ft altitude.