Mechanical
Airframe design, OpenRocket simulations, CFD/FEA validation, recovery-system design, and physical integration. Every part is either machined or justified.
Vehicle program
Pioneer is the current build.
Designed, machined, wired, and tested by students. Every subsystem is integrated in-house — mechanical, electronics, and operations.
Subsystems
Designed, simulated, assembled, and tested in-house.
Electronics
Custom SRAD avionics, STM32 flight computers, KiCad PCB design, sensors, and telemetry systems. Ground-tested before flight.
Operations
Sponsorships, budget management, logistics, documentation, and launch coordination. The paperwork is as important as the wiring.
Integration
Subsystems converge at the vehicle.
Mechanical, electronics, operations, and documentation feed into one launch-ready configuration. Shared requirements, shared handoff points, shared accountability.
See the range pathRange path
Build, test, document, launch, recover.
The program map from bench to range day — each phase is a checkpoint with evidence the team reviews before moving on.
Bench build
Machine, wire, and document subsystems before they meet at integration.
Subsystem test
Controlled tests with recorded setup, expected result, and actual result.
Integration review
Fit checks, interface verification, and recovery-system validation.
Range operations
Launch Canada logistics, telemetry capture, and flight-day procedures.
Recovery record
Post-flight inspection, data download, and lessons for the next iteration.
Collaborations
Cross-institutional partnerships.
York University
Cross-institutional rocketry partnership — shared test culture and launch-day coordination.
Seneca Developers Club
Joint picosatellite workshop series — 50 students building CanSat-style payloads in teams.
Field record
Launch days, shop work, and everything in between.
Photos from range days, shop sessions, outreach events, and integration work.
