{"id":20095,"date":"2021-11-23T14:32:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20095"},"modified":"2021-11-23T14:32:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:32:53","slug":"sydney-rocketry-team-to-compete-at-2022-spaceport-america-cup-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-mexico\/sydney-rocketry-team-to-compete-at-2022-spaceport-america-cup-in-new-mexico\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Rocketry Team to Compete at 2022 Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Sydney <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketry-eng.sydney.edu.au\/\">Rocketry Team<\/a> has been accepted to compete at the 2022 Spaceport America Cup \u2013 an international student rocketry competition which tests would-be rocket scientists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be competing with their custom made 30,000 ft\nrocket, Blue Wren. It incorporates a bespoke carbon fiber airframe, student\ndeveloped avionics, flight computer systems and recovery systems; all flown on\na commercial-off-the-shelf rocket motor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rocket will be showcased and launched in Las Cruces, New\nMexico in June 2022, with the team presenting their design and plans to a panel\nof judges from leading international aerospace organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USYD Rocketry Team placed second and third at the 2021\nSpaceport America Cup competition. Held virtually due to the pandemic, students\nwere tested on their rocket designs and simulations, which were presented via\nvideo conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, the team competed in person, travelling to New\nMexico to launch their 10,000 ft rocket Silvereye and placing first in their\ncategory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will complete a series of launch, simulation and\nsafety tests in the lead up to the competition, with the first physical test\ntaking place in early 2022. It will involve launching Blue Wren in a remote\narea of Far West NSW to determine how well and far it flies so that further\ntweaks can be made before the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are extraordinarily excited to be heading to New Mexico\nas a team to launch our new 30,000 ft rocket, Blue Wren,&#8221; said Executive\nDirector Alison Lockley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to build upon the successes we had this year and\nshow what we can develop and produce as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Sydney Rocketry Team has been accepted to compete at the 2022 Spaceport America Cup \u2013 an international student rocketry competition which tests would-be rocket scientists. They will be competing with their custom made 30,000 ft rocket, Blue Wren. It incorporates a bespoke carbon fiber airframe, student developed avionics, flight computer systems and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,114,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-international-news","category-new-mexico"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sydney-Rocketry-Team.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20097,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20095\/revisions\/20097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}