About us
Cambridge University Spaceflight is a student-run society that was founded in the summer of 2006 by first year undergraduates Henry Hallam, Robert Fryers and Carl Morland and has grown from strength to strength since then. The team is now around 10 members strong, composed of undergraduates from various disciplines. We believe that just being interested in space as students is not enough, so we are actively joining the new-space generation by designing and launching our own systems. This is not just a brilliant learning experience, it's also a lot of fun.
We also have a flourishing outreach program, that encourages the next generation of scientists and engineers to take science education to a higher level. We are regular attendees at the Cambridge University Science Week and similar events, where we build and launch rockets with schoolchildren.
In our spare time, our hobbies include engineering degrees and physics degrees.
Projects
Our aims are to develop low cost technology to improve access to high-altitudes for scientific research. As such, our program can be coursely divided into four main areas:
- Nova - Using helium sounding balloons to test electronic payloads and bear small experiments into near space.
- Martlet - Design of a small sounding rocket, capable of launch from a high-altitude balloon that would give access to altitudes of up to 150km.
- Aurora - Fabrication of large zero-pressure and polyethylene sounding balloons for larger payloads and long duration flights.
- Meteor - Development of a low-cost system to steer payloads to a designated landing site.