SELECTED PROJECTS

Astro-Egg Lander
2012-2013 Yale Aerospace 2012-2013 Yale Aerospace

Astro-Egg Lander

On April 6, 2013, YUAA won the Astro-Egg Lander event of the Battle of the Rockets Competition in Culpeper, Virginia. The team designed and built a rocket and lander capable of launching an egg up 1,500 feet and recovering it safely without a parachute. The team’s rocket, the YSS Eli Whitney, flew six times, including both test and competition launches.

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Target Altitude
2012-2013 Yale Aerospace 2012-2013 Yale Aerospace

Target Altitude

During the Spring of 2013, YUAA team members to launch a rocket to an altitude of 1,700 ft in preparation for the Battle of the Rockets Competition in Culpeper, Virginia. Our team used the Contrail G100 hybrid rocket motor, fulfilling the requirement for participants to use a commercially available rocket motor

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SkyView
2011-2012 Yale Aerospace 2011-2012 Yale Aerospace

SkyView

SkyView improved on Explorer by optimizing high-altitude flight, tracking, and image capture. Launched in Spring 2012, an unfortunate gust of wind caused SkyView to land 4.3 miles off the coast of Connecticut, causing high-resolution images and the vehicle to be non-recoverable. Its estimated altitude was 11,200 meters.

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