Brown Scholars Nacho (Juan) Durante, Trenton Watson, Daniel Alexander, and Rahul Ayanampudi competed in the Spaceport America Cup competition in Las Cruces, New Mexico against 152 teams including 62 international teams.
The team developed a camera payload for live video transmission and telemetry during and after launch and a radar payload that measures altitude and rocket velocity while under parachute.
The team won 10th place overall and 6th place in the 10,000-foot Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) motor category, and the camera payload won Live Rocket Video Challenge- Best Live Onboard Video Award.
