Cygnus Suborbitals' Flight Vehicle "Deneb"
Faculty Mentor Name
Daniel White
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
Cygnus Suborbitals supports the Mountain Spirit program with a team of nine undergraduate students. The purpose of the Mountain Spirit program is to promote rocketry on campus and educate undergraduate students in the Rocket Development Lab (RDL) through hands-on opportunities. In addition, the Mountain Spirit program aims to launch a rocket, which utilizes solid and liquid-fueled rocket propulsion systems, into space. Cygnus Suborbitals is developing a liquid bipropellant flight vehicle called “Deneb.” Deneb is the second step in Mountain Spirit’s four-step process that will culminate in the space-shot vehicle. Cygnus Suborbitals aims to design, build, and fly Deneb to at least 30,000 feet in altitude while competing in the Dollar Per Foot Challenge held by Friends of Amateur Rocketry. In achieving this, Cygnus Suborbitals will prove that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the RDL can build and fly a high-performance liquid flight vehicle. The knowledge gained from this project will be documented and passed down to the students developing the next Mountain Spirit vehicle. In addition, the earnings from the competition will be utilized to financially support the Mountain Spirit program in its future developments.
Cygnus Suborbitals' Flight Vehicle "Deneb"
Cygnus Suborbitals supports the Mountain Spirit program with a team of nine undergraduate students. The purpose of the Mountain Spirit program is to promote rocketry on campus and educate undergraduate students in the Rocket Development Lab (RDL) through hands-on opportunities. In addition, the Mountain Spirit program aims to launch a rocket, which utilizes solid and liquid-fueled rocket propulsion systems, into space. Cygnus Suborbitals is developing a liquid bipropellant flight vehicle called “Deneb.” Deneb is the second step in Mountain Spirit’s four-step process that will culminate in the space-shot vehicle. Cygnus Suborbitals aims to design, build, and fly Deneb to at least 30,000 feet in altitude while competing in the Dollar Per Foot Challenge held by Friends of Amateur Rocketry. In achieving this, Cygnus Suborbitals will prove that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the RDL can build and fly a high-performance liquid flight vehicle. The knowledge gained from this project will be documented and passed down to the students developing the next Mountain Spirit vehicle. In addition, the earnings from the competition will be utilized to financially support the Mountain Spirit program in its future developments.