Cambridge University Spaceflight
Coming Soon to a Kármán Line Near You.
What we do
Cambridge University Spaceflight (CUSF) was founded in 2006 with one vision – to launch a rocket to space, built entirely by students. We’re still a long way off, but with four rockets and countless high altitude balloons under our belt, we get nearer to the Karman line each day. We’re currently working on LOX/IPA liquid bipropellant engines and our own solid APCP rocket motors. At the same time, we’re improving on our avionics and airframe design through iterative launches.
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CUSF Projects
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RocketsNewAvior
Launched on a commercial I470 motor, the design of the recovery system was validated, recovering the rocket intact on its first launch. Furthermore, t...
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RocketsActivePanthera
Developed in just seven months, Panthera is part of our push to build and fly high-power rockets on a faster timeline. The rocket features a 3-inch mi...
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PropulsionNewReed Warbler
The Reed Warbler family of motors at the nominally 75mm scale are (to the best of our knowledge) the first student designed-and-built solid rocket mot...
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SoftwareAperture
[GitHub](https://github.com/cuspaceflight/aperture)
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RocketsAquila
Originally designed as the upper stage of a two-stage space-shot, Aquila was designed for hypersonic flight after separating from a liquid first stage...
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SoftwareBamboo
Bamboo is CUSF's unified modelling package for liquid rocket engine cooling. Optimised for CUSF's own engines and demonstrating proven accuracy agains...
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RocketsMartlet 1
Martlet 1 is a 3-stage sounding rocket designed for launches to 15km altitude (50,000ft). The rocket was built to be launched at [The Big Range](http:...
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RocketsMartlet 2
Martlet 2 was designed to fly on the largest commercial rocket motor available – a Cesaroni Pro150 O8000. Measuring 3.12m long, Martlet 2 was launched...
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RocketsMartlet 3
Martle III was a two-stage boosted dart style rocket designed to reach 11km flying an entirely custom avionics package. It launched in September 2017 ...
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BalloonsNova
Nova is our student-run project to develop high-altitude lighter-than-air craft to reach the edge of space. High altitude vehicles, reaching between 2...
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PropulsionWhite Dwarf
White Dwarf was an integral part of CUSF’s research efforts in anticipation of Griffin I. As a scaled-down demonstrator of White Giant, White Dwarf ra...
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