ARIS Rocket TeamSpaceport America Cup 2020

inspire engage build

EST. 2017

Win the Spaceport America Cup with our own rocket

Fly student-built space hardware in orbit by 2029

Form resilient engineers, managers and leaders

Step by step to the stratosphere

Two years, two awards

You shape the next success !!

Rocket Project TELLAward for Modeling and Simulation in 2018

Rocket Project HEIDI2nd place at the Spaceport America Cup 2020 for 10’000 ft COTS motor

Engine Project RHEADevelop a hybrid rocket engine to fly in 2022, and its testing facility

Building a heritage

Educate students in complexproduct development and testing

Form creative, resilient and assertive engineers & managers

Involve a network of experts from industry and academia

Collaborative and international real-world setting

Bachelor, Master & PhD students

Gather extensive project experience as engineer, manager, leader and coach

A Space to grow

Your missionARIS Rocket Team to the Spaceport America Cup 2020

Join the team, build & launch a rocket !Your mission 2020

Lift ARIS to the next level

Build up on the projects HEIDI & TELL and...

Your mission 2020

1. Fly a rocket with 4kg payload as precisely as possible to 30‘000ft (9144 m) and recover it.

2. Win the Spaceport America Cup in the 30‘000ft COTS category.

3. Increase the reliability, predictability and flight performance of ARIS‘ launch vehicles

Mission objectivesYour mission 2020

Develop & test a rocket Win the Spaceport America Cup 2020

Provide a baseline for the next team

3 reviews with industry partners

30‘000ft

Full system launch in Europe

design build test

Maximize the scoring

Develop & present one innovative featureFocus on one feature to win technical awards

Document from the beginningContinuously save your knowledge, best practices and lessons learned for the next team

Fail, succeed and talk about it

Document from the beginningThe report is key for awards and 50% of the points

Challenge your design early, test it rigurously and let others know –accumulate knowledge & share it

Transfer your knowledgePass on your experience your successor team – so they outperform all previous

To launch a sounding rocket ...Your mission 2020

Validation launch to 5‘000ftVal de Ruz, Switzerland, March 2020

Full system test launch to 30‘000ftPotentially in Poland, March/April 2020

Full sytem launch at the Spaceport America Cup to 30‘000ftNew Mexico, USA, June 2020

Ground StationData up- & downlink to rocket and payload, system statusLaunch control external

BurnCommercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solid motor, acceleration ~10g

Standby/lift-offRented launch pad

Coasting / AerobrakingControl the rocket‘s altitude during balistic flight by deploying airbrakes, velocity > Mach 1

ApogeeAs precisely as possible at 30‘000ft

1st recovery eventSeparate rocket, break ballistic flight, deploy drogue parachute to slow down & stabilize descent

2nd recovery eventDeploy main parachute 200m above ground to deccelerate below 9m/s

Touch downLand (softly) on the ground and send position of touch down to the ground station for recovery

Mission featuresYour mission 2020

Integrate a 3-5U CubeSat Payload experiment from external partners (HSLU, ETH D-PHYS, ...)

Build up on HEIDI‘s design and adapt it for supersonicflight at higher altitude

Focus on reliability and predictability by extendended simulations, validations (Wind Tunnel) and test launches

Do not re-invent the wheel, but be creative and give the new rocket your personal touch!

Short design phase of 1 Semester !! Big support from ARIS veterans (HEIDI, TELL)

Learn &exam phase

Workload estimationYour mission 2020

The rocket project is intense, not always easy. We promise that it is a great experience and you will grow immensively in this year. ARIS will help you kick-start your career, gain most valuable project experience and build life-long friendships.

A stable study situation is needed for the project !

Sept 19 Oct 19 Nov 19 Dec 19 Jan 20 Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 Mai 20 Jun 20

16-20h / week

20-35h / week

Kick-offSept 2019Workshop 1-2 days

Spaceport America Cup

June 2020USA

Technical Report !Technical Report !

Critical Design Review (CDR)End-Nov 2019Present to sponsors & experts

Preliminary Design Review (PDR)End-Oct 2019Present to sponsors & experts

Design FreezeMid-Dec 2019Internal

Wind-Tunnel TestMid-March 2020, Switzerland

Validation Launch 5‘000ftMid-March 2020, Switzerland

Full System Launch 30‘000ftMid-April 2020, Poland or EU

Readiness Review (RR)April 2020Partners from industry & academia

Roll-out EventEnd-Mai 2020Zurich

Document SubmissionsEnd-Mai 2020

ExpectationsJoin the team

Availability: timeWe recruit motivated students that want to shape the future and take ownership of their project.

Because all are volunteers, it is important that the workload is distributed equally across the team and everyone does his/her committed share to the success, is available for meetings and trainings.

Availability: presenceARIS provides a well-equipped, beautiful, inspiring working and meeting space at ETH Hönggerberg.

Because all are volunteers and time is precious, working and meeting efficiently is key and seeing people in person is the best. This can only happen if you are present in the hub.

Willingness to learnARIS is a space to grow. You will grow as individual, team, engineer, manager, leader or coach.

Hardly any one of us is a rocket scientist from the beginning. To grow, you have to be able to take feedback seriously, to fail, get up and learn from it. We guide you in the process. And you can get most out of it for a lifetime !

Estimate (average):Project manager: 20-40 h/weekTeam leader: 20-30 h/weekCore member: 15-30h/week

ARIS HubHPT C 117.1Auguste-Piccard-Hof 18049 Zürich

Become part of the next success!Join the team