Vehicle · 2022 · Launch Canada

Marauder I

The first vehicle the team ever flew, and the one that proved we could get off the pad at all.

Flight record

What it did.

Figures come from the onboard flight computer.

Apogee
Not publishedfeet above ground level
Max velocity
Not publishedat burnout
Max acceleration
Not publishedpeak, from flight data
Length
2.6 m (100.6 in) overall, tip to tail
Liftoff mass
Not publishedfuelled, with payload
Motor
Not publisheddesignation and impulse class
Recovery
Not publisheddrogue and main configuration
Result
Not published
The build

How it was made.

Marauder I was the team's first competition vehicle, built for Launch Canada's 10k COTS division in 2022. A 6 in fiberglass airframe with in-house structures, dual-deploy recovery, and student avionics, it carried McMaster 23 lettering on the pad. The rocket left the rail cleanly; we never recovered the airframe from the bush. The flight still proved the team could integrate subsystems and get off the pad.

Gallery

At competition.

The Marauder I team stands with the completed red airframe under the Launch Canada tent, McMaster 23 lettering visible.
The first competition crew with Marauder I under the Launch Canada tent. McMaster 23 on the tube.
Marauder I stands vertical on the rail in the sandy clearing before launch.
On the rail in the sandy clearing. Final checks before the count.
A rocket leaves the pad with a visible exhaust plume at Launch Canada 2022.
Clears the pad at Launch Canada 2022, the team's first competition flight.
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