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Spaceport America Cup

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Spaceport America Cup 2024

Join us as we host thousands of the world's most ambitious collegiate rocketeers in a one-of-a-kind event.
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2024 Spaceport America Cup - Closing Awards Ceremony
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Overview

SPACEPORT AMERICA CUP 2024

Over 1,700 students and faculty will gather in southern New Mexico for the 7th annual Spaceport America Cup in June of 2024.  Drawn by the opportunity to collaborate and compete at a world class spaceport facility, you represent the best and brightest from more than 150 colleges and universities located across the USA and around the world. 

Join us as we host thousands of the world's most ambitious collegiate rocketeers in a one-of-a-kind event. Part academic conference and part design-build-fly style competition, the Spaceport America Cup has something to offer students, faculty, industry representatives, and amateur aerospace aficionados alike.

 

The future beckons. 
​How will you answer the call?

Whether you are an academic, an industry representative, a retired professional, or simply a passionate amateur supportive of young minds who seek new horizons... there are many ways you may become a part of an event impacting the future of aerospace...

As a Sponsor...

You could interact with over 1,700 university STEM students from top ranked universities and colleges in a professional and competitive setting. Not only can your organization interact with them face to face but you can also learn about how their aerospace hardware performs in real world conditions. Finally, you will help make possible an event which inspires the best possible candidates for your company! 

As a Volunteer...

You will join a highly motivated and talented ESRA team which brings together the thousands of moving pieces to build the world's largest collegiate rocket engineering conference and competition. From directing crowds to directing launches and everything in between, we need you at the Spaceport America Cup! 

As a Judge...

You will join a group of respected experts and professionals who interact with the student teams to evaluate and score the deliverables, including technical design documents, overall team performance and launch success.  This team determines who will receive the coveted Genesis Trophy as the Overall Winner of the Spaceport America Cup.

As a Student... 

You will demonstrate your hard work on an international stage, in front of thousands of your peers, professors, and prospective employers. You will engage in design-build-fly style rocket and payload engineering competitions in a professional setting, at world class facilities, where the sky is not the limit!


 


Guidelines

Guidelines for Spaceport America Cup - Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) are hosted on our website! 

You'll want to review the following documents:

  • IREC Rules and Requirements Document
  • IREC Design, Test, and Evaluation Guide
  • Integrated Master Schedule

www.soundingrocket.org/sa-cup-documents--forms.html

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Challenge Updates

Team Video Challenge Entries are uploaded to YouTube

July 1, 2024, 8:01 a.m. PDT by ESRA Livestream Logan Herrera

All Team Video Challenge entries and Live Rocket Video Challenge are uploaded to YouTube. The playlists are:

Please alert us if there are any errors or omissions at and  


Tentative Date Survey for 2025 Spaceport America Cup

June 30, 2024, 12:12 p.m. PDT by ESRA Executive Director

Normal week (June 16-21, 2025) has issues with White Sands supporting us on Juneteenth holiday

Week before has better weather outlook but interferes with many school schedules

The week after may be the best option but the weather outlook brings us closer to monsoon season.

https://forms.gle/LVzW922k2V3BTpWo6

Please consider this when filling out the form.  ESRA is focused on reasons why a team COULD NOT attend, versus personal preference.


Team Photos are being uploaded to ESRA Flickr site

June 26, 2024, 5:59 p.m. PDT by ESRA Executive Director

ABout 50% of the teams uploaded as of 6/26 8pm

https://www.flickr.com/photos/198616926@N07/collections/72157722895512393/


Video Challenge Awards and Livestream Updates

June 21, 2024, 11:39 a.m. PDT by ESRA Livestream Logan Herrera

Reminder: the Team Video Challenge and Live Rocket Video Challenge submissions are due tonight at 11:59 PM local time.

We have not received any Team Video submissions. Launch site footage is required for the Team Video challenge. https://www.soundingrocket.org/team-video-challenge.html

We have also not received any Live Rocket Video Challenge submissions. https://www.soundingrocket.org/live-rocket-video-challenge.html

If launch difficulties result in no completely compliant submissions, we'll figure something out with whatever submissions we have whenever we get them.

Finally, Livestream coverage will terminate at noon tomorrow (Saturday). The launch window was extended and Livestream team needs the time to tear down. Any available students please come help Livestream team tear down starting at 12:30 PM! We have AC and social media chips.


Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening 6pm - Security Policies for entering the Pan America Center

June 21, 2024, 11:08 a.m. PDT by ESRA Executive Director

https://panam.nmsu.edu/policy/

Bag Policy
All Bags are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12"w x 6"D x 12"H; one gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziploc bag or similar ok). All bags are subject to inspection upon entry and are subject to additional inspections within the venue. Please refer to Prohibited Items and Behavior for more information.

 

  • Guests are not permitted to bring alcoholic beverages into the venue; nor are they permitted to leave the venue with alcohol.
  • The Pan American Center reserves the right to deny entry to anyone who appears to be impaired.
  • For most events wristbands will be issued to the guest prior to the purchase of alcohol.
  • All Guests who appear to be younger than the age of thirty-five (35) will be asked to show positive identification prior to being served alcoholic beverages. Acceptable forms of valid United States identification are: Driver’s License, Passport, State Issued I.D. Card w/ Photo, and Military I.D. w/ Photo.
  • There shall be a maximum limit of two alcoholic beverages sold to each Guest, per purchase, per valid ID.
  • The Pan American Center reserves the right to eject anyone under the age of twenty-one (21) who is observed to be in possession of, or consuming alcohol on the premises.
  • Alcoholic beverages will not be served in containers larger than 24 ounces.
  • At non NMSU athletic events, service of alcohol will stop one hour prior to the projected end of the show or 15 minutes after the headlining act has taken the stage.
  • The Pan American Center and its food and beverage concessionaires will implement ongoing responsible alcohol management training sessions for its serving staff.

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