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Sponsorship Packet
Sponsorship Packet
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Table of Contents
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About Us
NASA Student Launch
Subteams
Timeline
Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsorship Levels
Our Sponsors
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About Us
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ABOUT CORNELL ROCKETRY Cornell Rocketry is an engineering project team dedicated to learning about how to design, assemble, and launch rockets. Each year, the team participates in the NASA Student Launch competition, which typically involves launching a high-powered rocket to 5,280 feet with a specific payload. Our team is comprised of 39 members from all different disciplines such as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Economics, Electrical Engineering, and Operations Research Engineering. What brings us together is a shared lifelong passion for aerospace. Although we are a young project team, we won the NASA Centennial Challenge in 2016 and placed 3rd overall last year (2017) in the NASA Student Launch Competition. In 2017, we won 2 out of 5 technical awards, including the Safety Award and Project Review Award. This year, we are excited to challenge ourselves by building a rover as our payload, which deploys from our rocket at landing through remote activation. After deployment, the rover will autonomously move 5 feet and unfold a set of solar panels. Besides the deployable rover system, our team also works on creating a communication system for the rocket to allow the tracking of the rocket throughout launch. We are committed to challenging ourselves and look forward to achieving new heights at competition this year.
Members Majors Subteams Colleges
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NASA STUDENT LAUNCH
Requirements for the
competition include, but are not limited to:
• Launching to precisely feet above ground level
• Reaching the required height with engine stage
• Creating a communications system that will track
the rocket throughout the launch up to miles and relay its flight information and location
• coordinates to the team • Deploying a rover at landing which will
autonomously move feet through unknown terrain and unfold a set of solar panels • Constructing a rocket sufficiently durable so that it
may be launched, recovered, and re-launched on the same day without significant repairs or
modifications
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Airframe The Airframe subteam handles the overall structure, propulsion, and recovery systems of the
competition launch vehicle.
The Communications subteam creates a module to be flown on the launch vehicle which allows continuous information to be relayed to the team.
The INTEV subteam performs tests on flight hardware to
verify all components .
Independent Test and Validation
Communications
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Business
Electrical & Software
Deployable Rover System
The DRS subteam builds the payload for this year: an autonomous rover that deploys from rocket upon landing, crosses 5 feet of unknown
The E&S subteam designs, manufactures, and tests elec-trical systems for launch vehi-cle's payload.
The Business subteam handles the team’s finances, sponsors,
events, web design, and logistics
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Timeline
Receive competition requirements, begin initial design, and draft proposal
Proposal accepted; design work
continues, with a focus on writing the first piece of technical documentation –
the Preliminary Design Review
Submit the Preliminary Design
Review, and continue tweaking and
perfecting design Submit and discuss with NASA our
completed Critical Design Review – Begin manufacturing parts for the launch vehicle and ground station assembly
Test launch of our full scale launch
vehicle and the completion and
submission of the Flight Readiness Review The last month of the eight-month
process: competition! The team takes the completed launch vehicle and ground station assembly and travels to Huntsville, Alabama to compete!
September
October
November
January
March
April
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Why Become a Sponsor? Sponsoring us not only provides aspiring scholars with an opportunity to learn skills applicable to the
workforce, but it also increases your company’s presence at Cornell University. It’s a win-win!
BENEFITS
- Visibility at Cornell
- National visibility through television streaming at the
NASA Student Launch
- Advertising through Social Medial Channels
- Recruiting access to CRT members
- All donations are tax deductible
In order to perform our best, CRT relies on outside sources for support, especially for the cost of materials in
fabricating our rocket. Various expenses include payload
electronics and supplies, travel fare to launch sites and the
competition site, as well as safety equipment. Donors help us our operations up run smoothly. The more resources at our disposal, the closer we are to reaching our goals.
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Sponsorship Levels
Platinum ($2000) Company featured on website and apparel. Extra large
logo printed on competition rocket. Access to team
resume book
Gold ($1000) Company featured on website and apparel. Large
logo printed on competition rocket. Access to team
resume book
Silver ($500) Company featured on website and apparel.
Logo printed on competition rocket.
Bronze ($250) Company featured on website and apparel.
Contributor (<$250) Company featured on website
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OUR SPONSORS
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