Solid engine rockets have historically been the main focus of aerospace systems since the start. As our organization takes on more projects with each passing year, the main focus of our club’s members has remained true to the solid engine rocket.
The Prometheus structure is composed of a fiberglass nose cone designed and manufactured in house, the body is made of Blue tube, and machined aluminum fins. Prometheus is propelled by an Aerotech L850W solid fuel motor, which will take it to 10,000 ft. Once Prometheus hits apogee a black powder charge will detonate, separate the nose cone and deploy the drogue parachute to slow the descent of Prometheus upon its return. Then at 1,000 ft the main parachute will deploy to slow Prometheus for the remainder of its descent. Moreover, when the nose cone separates and Prometheus is coming back down to the ground Sonic Bloom will deploy. Upon Sonic Bloom’s activation seed pods will be launched out of the separated rocket’s body tube for the purpose of environmental restoration. Last year our most current solid engine rocket, Prometheus, was accepted to compete in the Spaceport America Cup, which is an international rocket competition hosted by Spaceport America and Experimental Sounding Rocket Association in conjecture with the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering competition. Every year hundreds of colleges compete in the Spaceport America Cup, making it one of the largest Rocket competitions in North America. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Prometheus competing in the SA cup was delayed until 2021. |
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