Help UBC Rocket reach new heights!

UBC Rocket is pushing boundaries like never before, with five ambitious competition projects this year. But breaking limits comes at a cost—we need your support to make it happen!

Thanks to everyone who’s donated–we’ve hit our goal, but we’re not done yet! To show our appreciation, we’ll put the names of all our supporters on our rockets this year. If you’d like your name to be included too, just donate any amount–every bit helps us keep this mission going!

Project Description

This is UBC Rocket’s most ambitious year yet, with five separate projects in progress:

A solid motor rocket, “Sunburst”, which contains a student developed avionics system
A liquid bi-propellant rocket, using liquid oxygen and kerosene
A thrust vectoring system to actively stabilize a rocket
A payload, testing microtubule dynamics in hypergravity
A state-of-the-art propulsion testing stand

This year, we plan to attend three competitions where our projects will be put to the test. Last year, we achieved 3rd place with our two-stage rocket and 2nd place for our thrust vectoring demonstration at Launch Canada 2024. Our team never backs down from a challenge. Each year is a new opportunity to build on past successes, and we take every opportunity to showcase the hard work that brings our projects to life.

Challenges and Impact of Your Support

Our rocket projects seek to innovate and advance the knowledge and skills of our team members. This August, every one of our projects is competing in the 2025 Launch Canada Challenge. We’re driving across Canada to Timmins, Ontario, with our team trailer, transporting our launch rails, engine test stand, and rockets to the competition!

We need your support to fund our solid rocket motors, fuel and oxidizer for our liquid rocket launch and hotfire operations, as well as and competition entry and travel costs. By donating, you’ll directly help our team launch three rockets, conduct our payload experiment, and hotfire an engine, all in one competition!

Are you an organization or business and want to support us? Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available. Give through our Corporate Giving and Sponsorship page or contact us at kiara02@student.ubc.ca to discuss further.

About UBC Rocket

UBC Rocket is made up of members across various disciplines and faculties, all with the same passion for rocketry. We have sub-teams focused on aerostructure, avionics software and hardware, recovery systems, internal systems, payload experiment, propulsion and propulsion testing, and administration.

Our mission is to build and foster a passion for rocketry and engineering for our members and give our team and community the opportunity to learn more about rocket science!

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