OT MK I
OTMKI was OTSR's debut rocket for the Launch Canada competition in 2023. Equipped with dosimeters and transponders, it had a CTI N3400 Skidmark motor with 14263.3 Ns of impulse -- which is the same amount of motion as a 1-ton mass moving at 51 km/hr and it reached an altitude of 11,000 feet! Unfortunately OTMKI landed in a heavily forested area of the Canadian Shield and due to weather conditions and Launch Canada regulations, the recovery had to wait until the morning after launch. Even more unfortunately was the fact that the forest blocked radio and GPS communication, hampering the recovery process. Much of OTMKI was left in the forest for future searches but the aft section of OTMKI was found by hunters some months after launch embedded into the ground.
OT MK II 6th Place Winners
Meet OT Mk II, Ontario Tech Space and Rocketry's second-ever launch in its second year at the 2024 Launch Canada challenge. A team of approximately 45 students designed, tested, and built the rocket you see now from the ground up! Standing at 11ft tall and 60lbs heavy, on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 at 3:06 PM, OTMKII Successfully launched from 47.9901°N, -81.8511°W, and was recovered hanging in a tree at 47.962°N, -81.875°W.
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Max Altitude: 19,774 ft (1.99% error in prediction)
Max velocity: 1720.5 kph (Mach 1.39)
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A special thank you to Ontario Power Generation for supplying the sensors to put in our payload bay for high-altitude ionizing radiation research. We would also like to thank our school's Ontario Tech University Engineering, as well as the Ontario Tech Engineering Students'​ Society and our incredible sponsors for their support in funding our team. Keep an eye out for what is to come next year!
Onboard camera footage below!
OT MK III - In Development
OT MK III is comprised of the team's biggest & most experimental plans to date. Mainly the goal is to test our engineer's skills with a 2 - stage rocket for the team's first experience on the Advanced Pads category. However, we also plan on breaking the current Launch Canada Altitude record for an over 75,000 ft high launch. Due to this strenuous goal the team is implementing a completely custom-made avionics bay with it's own CAN developed telemetry system.
Technical Development Research
The aim of the research project is to develop a self stabilizing motor through thrust vectoring. The system consisting of a Gimbal with gyro rotation to redirect thrust to an analyzed direction. This will be tested on a standard 4ft rocket with an F class motor with no fins attached being primarily controlled by a system of servos which redirect the thrust. The Gimbal controls all of these servers which will fly the rocket at the 2025 Launch Canada Competition
OT MK IV - Plans
After OT MK III we hope to move away from solid motors as our propulsion department is currently developing a liquid motor set for launch in August 2026
