3rd Nanosat Launcher Seminar has been canceled

Team Phoenicia regrets to announce that the Nanosat Launcher Seminar has been canceled. 

This is due to multiple reasons. The first is that there has been low interest this time around. Additionally, a number of speakers have cancelled as of today and Space Florida is unable to attend in person. 

Those that have registered will be getting refunds.

3rd Annual Team Phoenicia Nanosat Launcher Seminar: Registration Now Open

Registration is now open.  The current draft agenda is here and evolving.

Early registration will be $50 (9/19/2012 through 10/1/2012)

Full Registration will be $75 (10/1/2012 through 10/31/2012)

Late Registration will be $100 (11/1/2012 through 11/16/2012)

Walkin Registration is $125 (11/17/2012).

All reservations will be confirmed!

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3rd Team Phoenicia Nanosat Launcher Seminar: Draft Agenda

Here is the delayed draft of the 2012 Nanosat Launcher Seminar agenda.  There will be some changes over time.  We are awaiting some speakers confirmation prior to officially putting them on the agenda.  Registration will open on Wednesday.

Early registration will be $50 (9/19/2012 through 10/1/2012)

Full Registration will be $75 (10/1/2012 through 10/31/2012)

Late Registration will be $100 (11/1/2012 through 11/16/2012)

Walkin Registration is $125 (11/17/2012).

AGENDA:

Nov 17th: 

8 AM to 8:50 AM: Sign in and continental breakfast 

8:50 AM to 9:00 AM: Welcome by William Baird of Team Phoenicia 

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM: Draft Rules Input for the Community, Space Florida, Percy Luney 

11:15 AM to 11:30 AM: BREAK 

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM: FAA AST Presentation 

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM: Lunch, Lunch Speaker 

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM: PPOD User Requirements, Cal Poly SLO/Tyvak, Roland Coelho 

2:30 PM to 2:45 PM: BREAK 

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM: Cubesats and Nanosat Launchers, Pumpkin, Inc, Dr Andrew Kalman 

3:45 PM to 4:00 PM: BREAK 

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Funding Panel, Wade Woodson, TBD

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM: Speakers (potentially test sites) TBD

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM: Dinner, with speaker

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM: Feedback to Rules for the Nanosat Launcher Challenge, Percy Luney

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM: TBD

Announcing the Third Annual Team Phoenicia Nanosat Launcher Challenge Seminar

Team Phoenicia is proud to be hosting the Third Annual Nanosat Launcher seminar at its facility in Menlo Park, CA on November 17th, 2012.  This seminar will be one day only this year and will cover the rules with participation by Space Florida, requirements for flight as covered by the FAA AST, requirements for use of the PPODs by Cal Poly/Tyvak, uses and needs from the nanosat community by Dr Andrew Kalman of Pumpkin Inc and more.

A draft agenda will be posted by Friday 9/15/12.

Registration to begin on Monday 9/18/12.

Nanosat Launcher Challenge Draft Rules Posted

Space Florida has posted the draft rules (pdf) for the Nanosat Launcher Challenge. The intent is for the public to comment on them. Please do.

Testing Firing a Z150 Again (and again)

Testing Firing a Z150 Again

Test Firing a Z150 Rocket Engine

Team Phoenicia Wins $1 Million Contract

Team Phoenicia is proud to announce that Nova Rocketcraft has successfully selected Team Phoenicia for its rocket engine needs. Nova Rocketcraft is incorporating Team Phoenicia’s engines in its developmental vehicles and its full production rockets as well. This deal will result in refining the Team Phoenicia’s off the shelf engines to Nova Rocketcraft’s needs and could be worth in excess of over one million dollars.

Nova Rocketcraft participated in the Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Challenge seminar at Team Phoenicia’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. As a result of the seminar, Team Phoenicia and Nova Rocketcraft negotiated the sale of a Z150 rocket engine and submitted Memorandum of Understanding to Team Phoenicia with its intention of potentially purchasing fifty larger Z550 engines if the performance of the engine was satisfactory.

Nova Rocketcraft returned to Miami and conducted several tests. The Z150 passed with flying colors. To date the Z150 has been fired 15 times by Nova Rocketcraft without damage or degradation of performance. “ A well crafted engine worth the money,“ said Sumontro Sinha, CEO and Chief Engineer of Nova Rocketcraft. “An engine good for maneuvers,” also was reiterated by Hassan Chaubary, Nova Rocketcraft’s GN&C Lead.

“We are more than pleased to work with Nova Rocketcraft. Their work dovetails nicely with our own efforts and together we are able to expand the amount and quality of the data on the Z150 engines. We are extremely excited Nova Rocketcraft will be using our technologies in their flight vehicles. Team Phoenicia has always felt that the GLXP is not just about getting to the Moon, but fostering the NewSpace business ecology. Our partnership with Nova Rocketcraft is a prime example of that ecology taking shape under the auspices of the GLXP,” said Team Leader William Baird.

The Z150 Rocket engine is primarily a RP-1/LOX engine with 150 lbs-f thrust. The Z550 rocket engine is also a RP-1/LOX engine but with a larger 550 lbs-f thrust. They are designed and built by Team Phoenicia at its Menlo Park facility. The Z150 engine can be used with other hydrocarbon fuels and has been.

Nova Rocketcraft is a startup company based in Miami, Florida that is an aspirant entrant into the Nanosatellite Launcher Challenge and plans on following up the NLC by becoming a dedicated nanosat launch provider.

Team Phoenicia is a Google Lunar X Prize participant. Team Phoenicia is landing a rover on the Moon in 2014 to complete the Google Lunar X Prize. The Google Lunar X Prize is a competition to land a rover on the Moon and have it traverse 500m for a combined purse of $30 million. As such it is the largest ever prize set for a challenge. Team Phoenicia has been pursuing the GLXP since November 2007 and is based in Menlo Park, CA.

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Closing Comments

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: CubeCab

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Nova Rocketcraft

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Vog Rockets

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Interorbital Systems

A Snapshot: The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Generation Orbit

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Team Phoenicia as a Supplier and On Sponsorships

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: CADTrak Engineering

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: Business Panel

The Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar Video: NASA/Space Florida Feedback

This video is from the second day of the seminar. This is the follow-up discussion to the rules of the NLC. NASA and Space Florida asked and was asked a number of questions regarding the rules of the challenge.

Third Engine Sold!

Team Phoenicia is proud to announce that we have sold our 3rd Z150 rocket engine to Nova Rocketcraft. NRC is a based in Florida and considering an entry into the Nanosat Launcher Challenge. They came out to our seminar, as they did the first year it was offered, and were active participants.

We are looking forward to working with NRC in the future.