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The Recovery Subteam is responsible for the successful retrieval of the rocket. It is tasked with designing and creating parachutes and ensuring parachute deployment during flight occurs without issue.
The Recovery Subteam is responsible for the successful retrieval of the rocket. It is tasked with designing and creating parachutes and ensuring parachute deployment during flight occurs without issue.
International Rocketry Engineering Competition Parachutes
International Rocketry Engineering Competition Parachutes
The Recovery Sub team has been sewing our own custom parachutes for years and has been continuously improving our designs and processes. In the 2024-25 IREC competition, our Main used an Triconical design and Drogue parachute used a Disk-Gap-Band design. For this year's competition, we will be using a new parachute design for our Drogue and Main.
The Recovery Sub team has been sewing our own custom parachutes for years and has been continuously improving our designs and processes. In the 2024-25 IREC competition, our Main used an Triconical design and Drogue parachute used a Disk-Gap-Band design. For this year's competition, we will be using a new parachute design for our Drogue and Main.
Inflated IREC 2025 Drogue Parachute
IREC 2025 Main Parachute
2024 SA Cup Main Parachute
Recovery Systems
Recovery Systems
For the 2025 IREC recovery systems, we had a traditional dual bay dual deployment architecture. Our 2024 High Alt Rocket was a two-stage, dual-deployment configuration. To separate the rocket, we use black powder ejection charges connected to commercial altimeters.
For the 2025 IREC recovery systems, we had a traditional dual bay dual deployment architecture. Our 2024 High Alt Rocket was a two-stage, dual-deployment configuration. To separate the rocket, we use black powder ejection charges connected to commercial altimeters.
2025 Parachute Manufacturing
2025 Recovery Avionics Bay
Recovery works on the following aspects of a rocket:
Parachutes
Flight computer programming and wiring
Suspension lines, shock cord, attachment points
Ejection charge manufacturing, sizing, and testing
Final integration of the vehicle day of launch
High Altitude Parachutes
High Altitude Parachutes
2023 High Altitude Parachutes
The recovery sub-team manufactured parachutes for the 2024 High-Altitude Rocket. The Main was a 7ft Extended Skirt (seen on the left) and 1ft Disk-Gap-Band (seen below).
The recovery sub-team manufactured parachutes for the 2024 High-Altitude Rocket. The Main was a 7ft Extended Skirt (seen on the left) and 1ft Disk-Gap-Band (seen below).
Hi! I'm Mackenzie, and this is my second year being the Recovery Lead for the UMN Rocket Team! I am a junior studying Physics, and this is my third year on the team. I love to sew, which is what started my journey in recovery sewing parachutes, and the rest is history. I would love to answer any and all questions you have about the subteam or org as a whole. Feel free to reach out :)
Would you like to attend a meeting? Check out the team calendar to find out when the next one is!
Would you like to attend a meeting? Check out the team calendar to find out when the next one is!
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