Senior Project
Rocket Payload Deployment System
CWU . MET . RAY
Project Report
Last update:
05/11/2023
Final Project Presentation:
Covering full project
Project Overview: Fall Quarter September - December
Working Device: Winter Quarter
January - February
Image 02: Alternate Design 1 Note: Chosen design for project
Image 01: Initial Design
Image 03: Alternate Design 2
INTRODUCTION:
The NASA Student Competition is an event created to give students an opportunity in researching, designing, and developing rocket propulsion systems. The rocket build will be launched in Huntsville, Alabama, April 13th - 15th, 2023, with multiple requirements that each rocket must complete. The student completing this project was apart of the Central Washington University Rocketry Club (CWU Rocketry Club).
The focus of this project was to design a payload deployment system. To complete this, a design was made and built to fit within the dimensions of the rocket and give the payload a place to be mounted. An additional requirement was to give the payload the space needed to rotation 360 degrees in any direction (See Image 02, above).
Creating the project and the deployment system took place over the months Sept. 2022 - May 2023.
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SUMMARY OF RESULTS:
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The final launch of the rocket was conducted in Alabama Houston, April 15th. The rocket launch was successful and the deployment system was fully functional after the launch. Due to the heat and the long waiting time on the launch site, the deployment system lost enough power causing the deployment system to only break 1 sheer pin and was unable to deploy.
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Without this discrepancy, it can be seen through the testing that the deployment system did successfully meet all requirements. All tests conducted passed the requirements, for further information see Testing tab, and Section 4, Testing in the Project Report listed above. The results of the project assure that the project was successful.