The results were just revealed : the EPFL Rocket Team holds the second place for 3 awards and was acknowledged for the payload challenge. After two years of hard…
Marie VanolliJune 21, 2021
Swiss cross parachute and student made systems : Our recovery in the spotlight! The challenge The recovery subsystem is responsible for the phase of the flight from apogee to touchdown.…
Mathieu UdriotJune 14, 2021
The separation mechanism of our Bella Lui 2 rocket, made by one of our students, has been selected to participate in the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium, organized by…
Marie VanolliMay 25, 2021
I'm Gabriel Issenmann, and I'm a System Engineer (SE) of the Bella Lui II project at the EPFL Rocket Team. What is your role at the EPFL Rocket Team ?…
Marie VanolliMay 22, 2021
Hello ! My name is Mathieu, I'm a master student in micro engineering with a minor in space technologies. At the EPFL Rocket Team, I'm one of the SEs (systems…
Marie VanolliMay 22, 2021
Our PCBs are ready! They have been recently soldered, assembled and tested by our Bella Lui II Ground Segment team. These PCBs will be in charge of controlling the operations…
Marie VanolliMay 22, 2021
After months of design and preparation, the rocket is almost ready. The last step? The painting. The painting is a mandatory step in the conception of a rocket…
Marie VanolliMay 19, 2021
The EPFL Rocket Team's educational project is nearing completion. A look back at a year of learning while waiting for the launch. Created in 2019 and reinforced in 2020,…
Marie VanolliMay 16, 2021
Several members of both Bella Lui II and Space Race projects went to Sion this week to test parachutes by dropping them from a helicopter. It was a success. This…
Marie VanolliApril 23, 2021
It is now official : the 2021 edition of the Spaceport America Cup will happen, but fully remotely. After a cancellation in 2020, the organizers of the international competition that…
Marie VanolliApril 15, 2021
Introduction The presented semester project was completed during the last academic semester (Fall 2020) by Théo La Marca, simulations engineer at the EPFL Rocket Team and 1st year master student in…
Marie VanolliFebruary 26, 2021
“I though it was a good occasion to learn something exceptional” - Josh Cohen-Dumani, Space Race Recovery Team Leader. Discover the second episode of our series of short team member…
Marie VanolliFebruary 21, 2021
Our semester projects just arrived! Want to work on a rocket for your semester project? We have prepared more than 15 of them so that all fields of study are…
Marie VanolliFebruary 5, 2021
If you want to join the EPFL Rocket Team but it was not possible for you to come to our recruitment session, don’t worry ! It is not too late…
Baptiste De ChristenOctober 24, 2019
This week, one of the most important and crucial subsystems is being highlighted: recovery. The rockets designed by the EPFL Rocket Team are intended to be launched and recovered several…
Baptiste De ChristenAugust 31, 2019
What is PP ? The goal of the propulsion team is to manufacture a hybrid motor which have the capability to send our rocket to an altitude of 10,000 ft…
Baptiste De ChristenAugust 24, 2019
The EPFL press service (Mediacom) has just published a new article about the project: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-students-design-a-rocket-from-scratch/
Baptiste De ChristenAugust 17, 2019
After the Avionics, it is the management subsystems that are in the spotlight this week. The management is composed of Communication and Sponsoring. What is communication? The objective of…
Baptiste De ChristenAugust 15, 2019
What is the AV ? This week, the Avionics team is in the spotlight, the subsystem in charge of the rocket electronics. The first function of this subsystem is to…
Baptiste De ChristenAugust 15, 2019
