OUR STORY
At Ontario Tech Space and Rocketry (OTSR), our progress is driven by the dedication, passion, and collaboration of our members. Every milestone we achieve reflects the initiative and consistency of the students who make this team what it is.
As we continue developing our rocket, OT Mk IV Helios, it serves as a reminder of the values that guide our work and ambitions: We Fly High. We Explore. We Return.
Our Rover team has also reached important milestones as they prepare for the Canadian International Rover Challenge (CIRC) while continuing development of their rover, ARES. Seeing both teams advance with such focus and determination highlights the strength of our community and the culture of innovation we have built together.
2026 is shaping up to be an exciting and defining year for OTSR, and I am incredibly grateful for the dedication each member brings to the team. Together, we will continue pushing boundaries and representing Ontario Tech through innovation, teamwork, and exploration.
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Nida Zulefqar
President
Ontario Tech Space and Rocketry
Founded in 2022 as Ontario Tech Rocketry, our design team has grown from a small group of students designing rockets between exams and studying to a major team with nearly 100 members participating in national events such as Launch Canada. Working out of our lab in the ACE building of Ontario Tech University, we started our journey with the OT MKI, which made its debut in Timmins, Ontario, for Launch Canada 2023, where it blasted off surrounded by the expansive wilderness of Northern Ontario.
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Now the OTRAS team has the experience of 3 completed missions, we move forward eager to reach greater heights in the next Launch Canada where we will Fly and Succeed.
OTOPS is a newly founded engineering design team and what we may lack in experience we make up for in determination and dedication. Currently, we are designing our first competition rover which will make its debut in Drumheller, Alberta, for the Canadian International Rover Challange in the summer of 2026.
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Working from our lab in Ontario Tech University's ACE building we're spending our time between exams, classes, and sometimes till dawn building our rover and expanding our team. With our rover we will Explore and Succeed.
