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UVIC ROCKETRY Xenia 2 - Fuselages/Parachute/Fuel Comp
Date
Sept 2022 - 2023
Location
North American (Various Locations)
Xenia-2 was the second Xenia-class rocket, and iterates upon some key projects and features from Xenia-1. I worked on the structures and dynamics team helping to create the carbon fiber structure befiore moving briefly to the fuel and combustion team to help with the nozzle and fuel composition.
Length: 2.5 m (8 ft 2.4 in)
Diameter: 13.9 cm (5.5 in)
Lift-off mass: 21.0 kg (46.3 lbs).
Propulsion Motor: Cesaroni Technologies M2505
Max thrust: 2953 N (664 lbs)
Max speed: 1148.4 km/h (Mach 0.93).
Predicted Apogee: 9,593 ft
Actual Apogee: 9,340 ft
Competition Performance: Successful flight, almost nominal. Honorable mention for fastest recovery at Launch Canada 2023.





