Project Sunride

Applications for Project Sunride 2024/25 will soon be open!! Keep watching this space for more exciting news about our plans for the coming academic year. We are also thrilled to announce the new Project Sunride Committee - congratulations and welcome! This past month, they have spent their time getting the project ready to welcome some new faces. Director - Matthew Stewart Co Director - Emma Bladen Outreach Lead - Alyssa Parris Operations Lead - James Protherough Technical Lead - Edward George Be sure to follow along as we approach our next recruitment window. If you are a returning member either from this last year or from your placement year, the Subteam Interest Form is already open. Be sure to send us a message if you have any questions. Thank you to Tom Danvers and Fintan Cluskey for your dedication throughout this last year, and best of luck to you both in your year in industry. We can’t wait to get started on what we are sure will be an incredible year! The University of Sheffield Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield Aerospace Engineering UoS #ProjectSunride #Rocketry #Propulsion #Engineering #Sheffield #UniversityofSheffield #Space

This evening, Project Sunride are at the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces 2024. We are here to represent The University of Sheffield and to talk about the immense value of makerspaces like the iForge Makerspace in student learning. The University of Sheffield Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield #ProjectSunride #Rocketry #Propulsion #Engineering #Sheffield #UniversityofSheffield #Space

Today we are in the Heartspace Cafe for The University of Sheffield’s open day! We’ll be here all day with rockets, engines and more, so come say hi and hear more about Project Sunride 🚀🔥 Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield #ProjectSunride #Rocketry #Propulsion #Engineering #Sheffield #UniversityofSheffield #Space

Are you interested in working with Engineering students and finding top quality graduates? This event is for you! You're invited to attend the upcoming Engineering Industry Showcase for Student-Led Projects. Join us on campus for a session of networking and knowledge exchange. Share your experience and expertise from industry with the next generation of Engineering graduates. Promote graduate opportunities within your organisation and discover opportunities to collaborate on projects. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eD7T6fYG Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield Sam Trafford Sheffield Engineering Leadership and Service Award (SELSA) Project Sunride Avis Drone Labs Alistair John

When we started building amateur liquid rocket motors four years ago, we didn't have much to go off of. There was no handbook for them, and it was widely regarded as an extremely challenging undertaking, one which required a huge investment by a large team. We decided to change that. Half Cat Rocketry, an after-hours garage hobby of myself and Charles Sharp, has been making liquid rockets more accessible to students and hobbyists through open-source publication of our designs and learnings. And we've already had an impact - to name just some of the projects inspired by our work: Darcy I and II (Yellow Jacket Space Program), Desert Winds (Project Sunride), Kit Fox (Julian Rice), Borealis (Waterloo Rocketry), LT-54 (Thomas Callahan), Valkyrie (Knights Experimental Rocketry), and Honeybadger (Nick Graham). But we knew we had to take it to the next level. After a year, two identical builds, 18 launches, and 19 test fires, we finally released our greatest contribution: The Mojave Sphinx Build, Integration, and Launch Guidebook. It is published, for free, on our website. This document explains all the details of Mojave Sphinx, a rocket optimized for student groups and motivated individuals to build on their own. You can even get a printed copy if you want to have it in your library! https://lnkd.in/dwgS78YP This has been a long journey for us. It took an incredible amount of work to put everything together in an organized, digestible format. But now that it's complete, we can take satisfaction in seeing so many groups starting work on their own Mojave Sphinx - we've been able to provide what we never had, a guiding hand into liquid rocketry. We can say we've published a book, and even been featured in an online article. https://lnkd.in/ds339BqM This is only the beginning. Teams everywhere will be launching Mojave Sphinx, and Half Cat Rocketry will continue on with even more advanced projects. We're proud to usher in the new era of safe, simple, and reliable amateur liquid rockets.

The national #Race2Space competition took place at the Westcott Space Cluster last month, where student teams tested rocket engines they had built. 🚀 Hear from our Deputy CEO for Programme Delivery Chris White-Horne, and Chief Engineer Andrew Ratcliffe. 👇 Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/enbsZjhF

Thank you to all who attended the Race 2 Space 2024 Symposium! On the July 18th we saw a magnificent display of the student talent spread across the UK, we had the pleasure of hearing some amazing keynotes, and we got to witness a demonstration of a rocket engine hot-fire at Airborne Engineering Ltd. This incredible event was made possible by Alistair John, our hosts Airborne Engineering Ltd European Astrotech Ltd Protolaunch, and our sponsors Buckinghamshire Council Satellite Applications Catapult UK Space Agency The University of Sheffield. Contact us if you are interested in supporting Race 2 Space 2025!! Southampton University Liquid Rocket Engine Team (SULRE) Project Sunride Kingston University Rocket Engineering (KURE) BristolSEDS : Space Exploration Society UCL Rocket Cambridge University Spaceflight Imperial College London Rocketry Imperial College Space Society endeavour LURA - Leeds University Rocketry Association GU Rocketry CranSEDS Project CRES Manchester Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (MANSEDS) Peryton Space Bath Rocket Team QPL Civil Aviation Authority Frazer-Nash Consultancy Raven Dynamics Rocket Engineering Ltd SecondStar Sent Into Space Skyrora Ltd Alistair John Henry Saunders #Race2Space2024 #R2S #Propulsion #Engineering #Competition #Symposium #Wescott #RocketScience #Space

Here is the footage from our Sunfire III hot fires during the Race2Space competition! Test 1: 3kN for 4.5 seconds Test 2: 4.5kN peak thrust Test 3: 4.8kN peak thrust Test 4: 3.1kN for 4.5 seconds (No PDMS fuel additive) Test 5: Throttle burn from 3kN initial to 1.8kN for 9 seconds The Sunfire III engine won the prize for the best performing engine at this year's Race2Space competition. We are looking forward to competing at next year's competition. We are excited for more firings of our regeneratively cooled AlSi10Mg engine in the coming year! Thank you again to Aconity3D GmbH for printing the engine and Airborne Engineering Ltd for the testing! #engineering #sheffield #universityofsheffield #space #rocketry #propulsion The University of Sheffield Aerospace Engineering UoS Royal Aeronautical Society Westcott Space Cluster UK Space Agency

Race2Space 2024 summarised in one picture! 31 hot-fires with 18 teams taking part and over 220kNs total impulse produced. It's great to see the momentum building in UK student propulsion. Really proud of what we have achieved in the last two years. Thanks to everyone that helped make this happen. Airborne Engineering Ltd Buckinghamshire Council Civil Aviation Authority Protolaunch The University of Sheffield UK Space Agency Satellite Applications Catapult Charles Simpson Charlie Muir Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield

Skyrora has been delighted to sponsor and support the recent Race 2 Space competition, where universities from across the UK gathered over the past two weeks to hot-fire test student-designed rocket engines. This competition highlights the UK's increasing expertise in rocket engine design and testing, a crucial area for Skyrora as we strive to revive the UK's rocketry heritage. Special thanks to GU Rocketry for sharing their fantastic engine test footage from the competition! Southampton University Liquid Rocket Engine Team (SULRE) Project Sunride Kingston University Rocket Engineering (KURE) BristolSEDS : Space Exploration Society UCL Rocket Cambridge University Spaceflight Imperial College London Rocketry Imperial College Space Society LURA - Leeds University Rocketry Association CranSEDS Project CRES Manchester Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (MANSEDS) Peryton Space Bath Rocket Team Durham University Spaceflight QPL