Rocket project · 2023

PheniCS

Mission snapshot

2023 supersonic student rocket

Flew in July 2023 and earned the MBDA Space and Industry Prize.

Role

Mechanical integration, recovery, and telemetry support

PheniCS is a one-year student-led supersonic rocket project that broke Mach 1 at the 2023 C'Space competition. The work combined parachute deployment, mechanical integration, and telemetry software for a record-setting flight campaign.

  • Parachute deployment design and integration.
  • Nosecone mechanical integration and payload packaging.
  • Telemetry-station software support.

Program length

1 year

Flight class

Supersonic

Prize

MBDA 2023

Discipline

Mechanical + software

Achievements

Reached supersonic flight and became the first successful C'Space supersonic rocket from the club in over a decade.
Won the 2023 MBDA Space and Industry Prize.
Reached Mach 1.04.

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