LANDER

The World’s First Collegiate Soft Landing Reusable Vehicle

About Lander

The SEDS UCSD Rocket Lander Testbed serves as the center for gimballed and throttled flight for all SEDS projects.

This in-house R&D skunkworks team specializes in active engine controls, such as throttling and thrust vectoring, with the work being done now focused on our pathfinder vehicle Riptide.

Riptide is a bi-propellant LOX-LNG sounding vehicle designed for suborbital flights up to 1k ft with powered landings. We hope to conduct our first throttled static fires accompanied by TVC this coming summer, with the goal of our first powered launches in Spring 2024.

Technical Specifications

EngineNephas

Max Thrust2000 lbf

PropellantsLOX / LNG

Gimbaling15°

Target Altitude1000 ft

Vehicle Height25 ft

Vehicle Diameter1.5 ft

 

Meet the Team

  • Alexander Wicklund

    Project Manager

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Fluids Team

  • Miheer Potdar

    Fluids Lead

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  • David Yount

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  • Evan Truong

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  • Taylor SUH

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Structures Team

  • Madison Purcell

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  • Nigam Vadecha

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  • Samuel Paik

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  • Peter Le

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Controls Team

  • Eric Foss

    Controls Lead

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  • Jonathan Cohen

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  • Kaleb Ugalde

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  • Mustahsin Zarif

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  • Chakshan Kothakota

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