Vehicle · 2023 · Spaceport America Cup

Marauder II

Our first international competition vehicle.

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
2.7 m (105 in) overall, tip to tail
Liftoff mass
22.7 kg dry / 26.5 kg wet fuelled, with payload
Motor
CTI M2150 designation and impulse class
Recovery
2 ft drogue @ apogee · 12 ft main @ 1300 ft drogue and main configuration
Result
Not published
The build

How it was made.

Marauder II was the team's first Spaceport America Cup vehicle: a 5 in fiberglass airframe with clipped-delta fins, dual-deploy recovery, and an SRAD avionics suite flying as backup to COTS altimeters. It flew on a CTI M2150 (7,455 N·s).

Gallery

At competition.

The Marauder II team holds the airframe at Spaceport America Cup 2023, bib 55 and McMaster lettering readable.
The full crew with the airframe at Spaceport America Cup 2023. Bib 55 on the tube.
Marauder II stands vertical on the desert launch rail, bib 55.
Vertical on the desert launch rail. Bib 55, last checks before flight.
The recovered Marauder II airframe lies on the desert floor after landing.
The airframe on the desert floor after landing. First full recovery at SAC for the team.
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Build the next one

We hire first years.

We hire people who have never touched a rocket. Come ready to learn. We'll teach the rest.

Find us at Facultyfest on August 31, 12:30 to 17:00, or Clubsfest on September 14, 16:30 to 19:30 on the JHE field. Applications close September 18. You don't need to be an engineer: we need people on operations as much as on airframe.

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