High Altitude Payload Gen-II

Balloon Filling for HAP Gen-I | August 2023, Alberta

SFU Rocketry is designing our second-generation High Altitude Payload (HAP) - a flight control payload that will be launched into the stratosphere onboard a high-altitude balloon.

The ultimate goal of this project is to enable easily-testable R&D of the systems onboard our rocket. All custom-designed components enable us to test RF communications, flight sensors, computing, and flight path mapping and prediction. This team works with antenna and propagation theory, high-speed PCBs, lightweight and modular power systems, sensor fusion for positional mapping, extreme-cold thermal design, and lightweight robust mechanical systems required for the payload chain.

The HAP Gen-II will be launched with our Payload Recovery module - a system that enables the precise and gentle controllable touch-down of the HAP flight computers.

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Completion & Launch: August 2024

HAP Gen-I PCBs in operation during recovery chase | August 2023