{"id":8021,"date":"2024-06-05T19:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/?page_id=8021"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:09:30","slug":"spaceflight-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/spaceflight-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaceflight Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='fotorama--wp' data-fit='scaledown'data-ratio='800\/600'data-ids='18721,18714,18715,18716,18717'data-link='file'data-itemtag='dl'data-icontag='dt'data-captiontag='dd'data-columns='0'data-size='large'data-width='1050'data-auto='false'data-max-width='100%'>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8021 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_007.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_007.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_002-1050x477.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_002-scaled.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_003-1050x502.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_003.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_004.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_004.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_005-534x1050.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_005.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/files\/2026\/06\/spaceflight_society_005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Committee<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"threecol\">Zoe Costigan<br \/>\nNicholas Hall<br \/>\nLouis Hall<br \/>\nElizabeth Paine<br \/>\nEthan Wilson<br \/>\nNik Pedzik<br \/>\nGrace Garczynski<br \/>\nAlexander Wolverson<br \/>\nAdi Soundalgekar<br \/>\nFilippo Caley<br \/>\nVeon Predeina<\/h3>\n<h2>Team Leads<\/h2>\n<h3>Nathan Ormerod<br \/>\nGaran Carter-Woodgate<br \/>\nTianna Patel<br \/>\nDiego Paniagua Silva<br \/>\nVidzaja Bartczak<br \/>\nCosmo Prior<br \/>\nDaniel Best Tellez<\/h3>\n<h2>Supervisor<\/h2>\n<h3>Dr Charlie Ryan<\/h3>\n<p>Spaceflight Society has run seven projects this year: Electric Propulsion, Mars Rover, High-powered Rocketry, CanSat, Liquid Rocket Engine, Starworks and Turbomachinery (Project Ceres).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Ceres<\/strong> has continued developing the turbopump assembly, finalising both centrifugal pumps, impulse style turbine and regeneratively cooled pre-burner. Work is now progressing on other components such as dynamic seals and high speed bearings.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>electric propulsion<\/strong> team has further developed the Io2 design and remanufactured some components to improve operation. We have also started a long term project to develop a low power metal propellant hall effect thruster and hollow cathode called Zeus. This aims to be the first student undergraduate team metal propellant HET.<\/p>\n<p>At <strong>Starworks<\/strong>, we have completed designing our new liquid rocket engine Banshee and started on test stand design to provide SUSF with a liquid engine testing capability. Our structures and hardware teams have also been finalising the design of our lander.<\/p>\n<p>This year the <strong>High-Power rocketry<\/strong> division of the society have been working to build a two stage rocket to reach our highest altitudes yet, as well as continuing our entry to the annual Mach-X competition. CanSat has been developing this year\u2019s Mach entry payload, using a custom SRAD PCB stack that will function as an atmospheric sensor suite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SULRE<\/strong> has been focusing on the continued development of their Comet 1 liquid rocket. In March, Comet 1 was successfully hot fired at Newton Launch System\u2019s brand new test facility in Snowdonia. This test represents a major milestone towards SULRE\u2019s objective of becoming the first UK university team to launch a SRAD liquid rocket within the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mars Rover<\/strong> has successfully passed its Critical Design Review (CDR), marking a major milestone in the rover\u2019s development. The team has tested a range of electronic components and produced several prototype systems to validate key design concepts and functionality. With these stages now complete, work is progressing towards the construction and assembly of the rover itself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Committee Zoe Costigan Nicholas Hall Louis Hall Elizabeth Paine Ethan Wilson Nik Pedzik Grace Garczynski Alexander Wolverson Adi Soundalgekar Filippo Caley Veon Predeina Team Leads Nathan Ormerod Garan Carter-Woodgate Tianna Patel Diego Paniagua Silva Vidzaja Bartczak Cosmo Prior Daniel Best Tellez Supervisor Dr Charlie Ryan Spaceflight Society has run seven projects this year: Electric Propulsion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8021"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18723,"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8021\/revisions\/18723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}