RockSat-C is a program for students to design and build a sounding rocket payload, and launch the payload on a rocket from NASAâs Wallops Flight Facility. Payloads are student based with faculty and/or industry involvement only.
The RockSat-C program actively engages the students through full design-process mentoring, assisting them through the design phase in the Fall semester (CoDR, PDR, CDR), and leading the teams through testing and integration reviews and Launch Readiness Review in the Spring. The participants construct the payload and undergo numerous sub system reviews and teleconferences to ensure that designs are maturing as expected, led by the RockSat program manager. The manager acts as the liaison between the customer and Wallops Flight Facility and helps the teams with integration and launch at Wallops Flight Facility.