Nordend - EuRoc 2023 Liquid Rocket - Trailer

Описание: Nordend is the first studend made bi-liquid sounding rocket of Switzerland.
Made by EPFL students it will participate at EuRoc 2023 in the SRAD 3km category.
Thanks to our team for their hard work and thanks to our sponsors for their support.

Video by VALOUR STUDIO https://www.valour-studio.com/

/// Launch Vehicle Specifications ///

Diameter : 6 [in]
Length : 3.69 [m]
Dry mass : 36.982 [kg]
Wet mass : 44.982 [kg]
Top Speed : 0.85 [Mach]


/// Subsystem Details ///

Payload :
Low gravity plasma activated water
Studies feasability of disinfected water production in orbit

Recovery :
SRAD Reefed parachute system
Fully redundant system

Avionics :
SRAD pcbs and software
Engine control
Live Telemetry sharing
Antenna panels
Custom GPS board

Structure :
CFRP / Aluminium modular internal structure
Aluminium Coaxial Tanks
Screwed coupling system
Clamp band separation mechanism design
Retractable rail buttons
Imbedded bending analysis piezos sensors
Student-made composites, in collaboration with APCO Technologies
Lightweight design (17.8 [kg] weight total)

Propulsion :
Demo A2 bi-liquid engine
2 [kN] peak thrust
Ethanol / N20
40 [bars] tank pressure
25 [bars] chamber pressure
Passively cooled
Pintle injection technology
Graphite nozzle
Fully machined and tested in house
   • Hyperion - Demo A2 10s SFT  
   • Nordend  - VSFT Campaign  

Ground Support :
Remote controlled filling device
Homemade ground control unit
Camera tracker guided by telemetry or human input
Antenna tracker guided by telemetry or human input
Rocket flight live app

Flight Dynamics :
Optimised subsonic nosecone shape
Adjustable fin design

/// Links ///

EPFL ROCKET TEAM Website page : https://epflrocketteam.ch/fr/nordend/
Instagram :   / epflrocketteam  
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/company/epfl...