MCGILL ROCKET TEAM
A tall, white rocket, Project Caladan, stands upright on a launchpad in a dry, open field under a clear blue sky. The rocket has a Canadian maple leaf logo near its base and various other markings and sponsors along its body. The ground around the launchpad is reddish-brown dirt with sparse green and brown bushes.

Project Caladan (2019)

Caladan 30K COTS

The McGill Rocket Team is making its 5th consecutive entry in the Spaceport America Cup/Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition with Project Caladan. Caladan is MRT’s third attempt at a 30,000 ft COTS rocket, following the off-nominal flight of Stella in 2017 and the failure to recover Stella II in 2018.

A white rocket, named "CALADAN" on its side, is shown against a black background. It has white fins and a black nose cone, with various sponsor logos displayed along its body.

Adhering to the MRT’s principle of relentless iterative improvement, project Caladan seeks to drastically improve the team’s avionics capabilities, which has historically been the team’s most pronounced weakness. Other subsystems have also undergone subtle yet substantial design revisions, resulting in a rocket that is lighter and smaller than previousdesigns despite having a heavier and more functional avionics bay.

Design Cycle
#5
2018 - 2019
Length
10.50 ft
3.20 m
Outer Diameter
5.20 in
13.21 cm
Liftoff Weight
71.50 lb
32.43 kg
Average Thrust
768.80 lbf
3.42 kN
Max Mach Number
1.78
2,002.50 ft/s
605.72 m/s
Average Thrust
33,100.00 ft
10.09 km
Thrust-to-Weight Ratio
14.50
Propulsion Type
Solid
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Results:

Spaceport America Cup 2019:

  • 30K COTS Category: 4th/19
The Caladan Mission Patch featuring a candian maple leaf logo coming out of the sun.

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