Payload rideshare
Fifty student-designed picosatellites in a suborbital rideshare simulation — the commercial launch model, at college scale.
Projects
The program map from build bench to range day.
These are the major places Pioneer has to pass through: payload planning, vehicle integration, telemetry, recovery, and Launch Canada operations.
Roadmap
A mission map for the work that still has to converge.
Vehicle integration
Airframe, recovery, avionics, and operations converging on one launch-ready Pioneer configuration.
Ground station
Telemetry capture and authenticated flight records through the club ground-station system.
Launch Canada 2026
Team 06 moving from bench tests and documentation to competition readiness on the range.
Range path
Build, test, document, launch, recover.
Each destination is a checkpoint with evidence the team can review before moving to the next phase.
Inspect PioneerBench build
Machine, wire, and document subsystems before they meet at integration.
Subsystem test
Controlled tests with recorded setup, expected result, and actual result.
Integration review
Fit checks, interface verification, and recovery-system validation.
Range operations
Launch Canada logistics, telemetry capture, and flight-day procedures.
Recovery record
Post-flight inspection, data download, and lessons for the next iteration.