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What we do!
Reports + Presentations + Launches
PDR
Preliminary Design Review
This purpose of this report is to 1) Create design options 2) Pros vs. Cons of designs 3) Select leading designs. It has a 250 page limit​. We also present this to a panel of NASA Engineers and receive feedback.
CDR
Critical Design Review
This report's purpose is to 1) Build/Evaluate leading design option 2) Share any design changes 3) Prove design capability 4) Findings after testing through the subscale launch. This also has a 250 page limit. This also is presented to a panel of NASA Engineers.
FRR
Flight Readiness Review
​This report comes is in tandem with our full scale launch. The purpose of this report is to talk about 1) Vehicle Demonstration Flight 2) Payload Demonstration Flight 3) Proves that our design works after launching our full-scale rocket. This also is presented to a panel of NASA Engineers.
Other reports
1
Proposal
Submitted at the beginning of the cycle, this is to submit intial ideas for the vehicle. This isn't presented nor affiliated with a launch.
2
PLAR
Post launch Assesment Review submitted after the competition. Summarizes our flight and acknowledges wins as well as areas for improvement. This is also not presented
3
FRR Addendum
An optional additional document in case there are changes to the payload/vehicle after FRR is submitted. This isn't submitted every year. This is also not presented, but is affiliated with a launch to test the updated payload/vehicle.
Launches!
April 13th 2025 - Full Scale
March 3th 2025 - Full Scale
December 22nd 2024 - Sub Scale
For more launches, check out our YT channel
https://www.youtube.com/@umassrocketry3725
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