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Some photos of our latest project - a GPS disciplined oscillator for use with our radio systems. Massive thanks to Cambridge Circuit for yet more great quality PCBs.

With the firing of our new hybrid rocket engine only weeks away, the controlling electronics are starting to take shape!

CUSF have successfully completed the first static firing of our own hybrid rocket engine. A measured impulse of 53,855 Newton seconds means its the largest Nitrous Hybrid rocket ever fired in the UK. youtu.be/RYhfGLZWWco

Thanks Skyrora for hosting what was a really enjoyable evening!

Well done guys!

Inspired by our student society CU Spaceflight - the Craig family have used the resources on the CUSF website to launch their own high altitude balloon with permission from the Civil Aviation Authority and take some video footage cuspaceflight.com/martlet-1 youtu.be/GLl8IimP9xc

We've just launched a new website! Find our latest update here: cusf.co.uk/2020/06/martle…

Take a look at our current projects! New blog post on our website🚀 cusf.co.uk/2021/04/what-h…

Our Facebook is back up and running under our new committee after a long radio silence. Keep up to date with current projects and society events🚀 facebook.com/cuspaceflight/

CUSF have had a hugely exciting 6 months finally getting back to in person meetings and manufacture. We welcomed a new committee at the AGM last week and are very excited for what’s to come!

The White Dwarf team have put together a partial assembly of the cold-flow-testing apparatus. A cold-flow test is a test where water or fuel is injected into a mockup engine but not burnt, so that we can analyse the atomisation characteristics of the injector and its flowrates.

Aquila - the second stage of our spaceshot attempt Griffin - is taking shape. Below are parts of the fin can, a bulkhead, and part of the assembled body

We spoke to one of our new co-presidents Barty about his experience at CUSF - go check it out linkedin.com/posts/cuspacef…

Aquila fin progress: aluminium fins, ready for CFRP layup #rocket #space #engineering #student #rocketry #spaceflight

Five seconds later, an unexpected separation of motor section and "rest of rocket", photo by Ada Coghen

Ada Coghen Sadly the explosion broke the power switch on the lower avionics, so the dart separation mech never fired, and the whole lot stuck together

Ada Coghen leading to this eventual "successful recovery" (we were still getting GPS & telem from dart avionics)

Yesterdays successful HAB launch to send three teddy bears into space for a local primary school. Thanks to BOConline for suppliying the helium for the launch!