{"id":22792,"date":"2022-07-18T23:38:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T23:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22792"},"modified":"2022-07-18T23:41:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T23:41:33","slug":"australian-rocketry-team-regains-sky-wings-with-triple-win-at-spaceport-america-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-mexico\/australian-rocketry-team-regains-sky-wings-with-triple-win-at-spaceport-america-cup\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Australian Rocketry Team Regains Sky Wings with Triple Win at Spaceport America Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The USYD Rocketry Team was announced as the overall winner\nof the Spaceport America Cup intercollegiate rocketry competition, held\nannually in New Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competing against 97 student teams from around the globe,\nincluding ETH Zurich and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology,\nthe University of Sydney team placed first in three categories \u2013 winning the\noverall competition with the highest points scored, and taking out first place\nfor the launch of their 30,000 feet commercial-off-the-shelf rocket Bluewren\nand first place for the design of space debris capture payload Callistemon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results were announced after a nail-biting, three-week\nwait due to a data recovery error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/University-of-Sydney-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22794\" width=\"348\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/University-of-Sydney-edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/University-of-Sydney-edit-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><figcaption><em> The University of Sydney team won the overall competition. Image: Spaceport. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluewren soared to a height of 29,933 feet \u2013 roughly nine\nkilometres \u2013 over the New Mexico desert before successfully deploying both its\nparachutes, landing safely and intact three kilometres from the launch site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spaceport America Cup judges commended the University of\nSydney team for their sportsmanship, comaraderie, rocket launch and design. The\nteam\u2019s payload Callistemon was praised for its performance during the launch\nand for being an innovative solution to the growing problem of space junk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team\u2019s Executive Director, Bachelor of Engineering and\nScience student Alison Lockley said: \u201cThis has been the most incredible and\nrewarding experience and I could not be prouder. We have overcome some\nsignificant challenges to get here, and it speaks to the tenacity and\ndedication of every person on my team that we have been able to achieve this.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Callistemon is not just a technical demonstration, but\nthe culmination of novel research conducted by our payload team into the use of\ncomputer vision for the dynamic targeting of space debris,\u201d said Bhavesh\nBalaji, payload director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a two-year pandemic hiatus, in June the team flew to\nthe US to compete at the competition, making it their second Spaceport America\nCup launch since winning the 10,000 feet competition with their rocket\nSilvereye in 2019. In 2021 Spaceport America Cup held a virtual competition,\nwith the Sydney team winning silver and bronze for their rocket, Firetail, and\npayload, Tetratheca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and President Professor\nMark Scott AO congratulated the team on the triple win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter two years of being grounded by COVID, USYD Rocketry\nTeam have got their sky wings back. Their win is testament to their teachers and\nthe skill and determination they have developed together and proves that\nUniversity of Sydney students are truly world class. Congratulations to the\nteam on this fantastic result,\u201d Professor Scott said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic supervisor from the <a href=\"http:\/\/The USYD Rocketry Team was announced as the overall winner of the Spaceport America Cup intercollegiate rocketry competition, held annually in New Mexico.  Competing against 97 student teams from around the globe, including ETH Zurich and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the University of Sydney team placed first in three categories \u2013 winning the overall competition with the highest points scored, and taking out first place for the launch of their 30,000 feet commercial-off-the-shelf rocket Bluewren and first place for the design of space debris capture payload Callistemon.  The results were announced after a nail-biting, three-week wait due to a data recovery error. Bluewren soared to a height of 29,933 feet \u2013 roughly nine kilometres \u2013 over the New Mexico desert before successfully deploying both its parachutes, landing safely and intact three kilometres from the launch site. Spaceport America Cup judges commended the University of Sydney team for their sportsmanship, comaraderie, rocket launch and design. The team\u2019s payload Callistemon was praised for its performance during the launch and for being an innovative solution to the growing problem of space junk. The team\u2019s Executive Director, Bachelor of Engineering and Science student Alison Lockley said: \u201cThis has been the most incredible and rewarding experience and I could not be prouder. We have overcome some significant challenges to get here, and it speaks to the tenacity and dedication of every person on my team that we have been able to achieve this.\u201d  &quot;Callistemon is not just a technical demonstration, but the culmination of novel research conducted by our payload team into the use of computer vision for the dynamic targeting of space debris,\u201d said Bhavesh Balaji, payload director. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, in June the team flew to the US to compete at the competition, making it their second Spaceport America Cup launch since winning the 10,000 feet competition with their rocket Silvereye in 2019. In 2021 Spaceport America Cup held a virtual competition, with the Sydney team winning silver and bronze for their rocket, Firetail, and payload, Tetratheca. University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Mark Scott AO congratulated the team on the triple win.  \u201cAfter two years of being grounded by COVID, USYD Rocketry Team have got their sky wings back. Their win is testament to their teachers and the skill and determination they have developed together and proves that University of Sydney students are truly world class. Congratulations to the team on this fantastic result,\u201d Professor Scott said.  Academic supervisor from the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Associate Professor Matthew Cleary said: \u201cThe practical, hands-on experience of designing and building a competition rocket has augmented the students\u2019 technical, project management, logistics and systems engineering skills. However, perhaps most importantly, they have learnt the value of both leadership and team-work \u2013 indispensable skills in the aerospace industry.\u201d Bluewren was constructed from a custom-designed and manufactured carbon fibre airframe and uses a commercial solid propellant to achieve speeds 1.7 times the speed of sound.\">School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering<\/a>, Associate Professor Matthew Cleary said: \u201cThe practical, hands-on experience of designing and building a competition rocket has augmented the students\u2019 technical, project management, logistics and systems engineering skills. However, perhaps most importantly, they have learnt the value of both leadership and team-work \u2013 indispensable skills in the aerospace industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluewren was constructed from a custom-designed and\nmanufactured carbon fibre airframe and uses a commercial solid propellant to\nachieve speeds 1.7 times the speed of sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USYD Rocketry Team was announced as the overall winner of the Spaceport America Cup intercollegiate rocketry competition, held annually in New Mexico. Competing against 97 student teams from around the globe, including ETH Zurich and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the University of Sydney team placed first in three categories \u2013 winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,114,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace-education","category-international-news","category-new-mexico"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bluewren-Aussy-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792","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=22792"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22801,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792\/revisions\/22801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}