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2019 Spaceport America Cup

Competing Teams, Presentation List, and Scores

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Full Team List
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Presentation List and Schedule
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Scoring Rubric

Official ESRA Videos


All High Speed Footage

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Videos Uploaded from the Range

Launch Day 1 Summary
DJI Footage and Auto Edit
1st Early Bird Launch
DJI Footage and Auto Edit
Launch Day 2 Summary
DJI Footage and Auto Edit

2019 IREC, SDL, and Spaceport Cup Winners

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s IREC and SDL Challenges and to the Spaceport America Cup winning team!!!

​ESRA Team conduct awards

Team Sportsmanship Award

Team 45 - University of Waterloo
Honorable Mention: Team 6 - The University of Sydney

Team Spirit Award

​Team 103 - Samsun University
Honorable Mention: Team 25 - University of Wisconsin - Platteville

ESRA Technical Awards

Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence

Team 02 - AGH University of Science and Technology

Dr. Gil Moore Award for Innovation

Team 01 - The George Washington University

Charles Hoult Award for Modeling & Simulation

Team 24 - Georgia Institute of Technology

James Barrowman Award for Flight Dynamics

Team 67 - University of Louisville - J.B Speed School of Engineering

SDL Payload Challenge, sponsored by Space Dynamics Laboratory

1st Place ($750) ​

Team 67 University of Louisville - J.B Speed School of Engineering (UAV)

2nd Place ($500)

Team 29 Stanford University - Crystallization

3rd Place

Team 1 The George Washington University - Vibration Isolating B-field Experiment

Honorable Mentions

Top Honorable Mention for "ISR Surveillance" - Team 68 The University of Akron
Honorable Mention for "Moondust" - Team 113 University of Central Florida
Honorable Mention for "Plasmo" - Team 52 University of Washington
Honorable Mention for "Ground Station + 3U Cubesat" - Team 91 Clark Aerospace
Honorable Mention for "Space Weather + Stem Partnership" - Team 19 West Virginia University
Honorable Mention for "Cold gas wind-rider system" - Team 15 Brigham Young University

Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition Categories Awards

COTS = Commercial Off the shelf
SRAD = Student Researched and Developed

10K COTS

1st Place: Team 06 - University of Sydney
2nd Place: Team 37 - ETH Zurich

30K COTS

1st Place: Team 24 - Georgia Institute of Technology
2nd Place: Team 04 - ETS Montreal

10K SRAD Solid Motor

1st Place: Team 01 - The George Washington University
2nd Place: Team 19 - West Virginia University

30K SRAD Solid Motor

1st Place: Team 69 - University of Minnesota Twin Cities
2nd Place: Team 66 - University of Minnesota - Duluth

10K SRAD Hybrid/Liquid

1st Place: Team 40 - Polytechnique Montreal
2nd Place: Team 02 - AGH University of Science and Technology

30K SRAD Hybrid/Liquid

1st Place: Team 52 - University of Washington
2nd Place: Team 45 - University of Waterloo

Spaceport America Cup Winner
(Overall IREC Winner)

Team 52 - University of Washington

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