AURC 2024 Rules Released & Key Dates Updated

The “2024 AURC rules” and “2024 AURC Deliverables Requirements” documents are now published on our website here: https://aurc.ayaa.com.au/competitor-info/. The “2024 AURC Key Dates” timeline has been updated to reflect new information included the rules, including the addition of a “2024 AURC Rocket Specifications” document which outlines rocket restrictions and minimum design requirements. A Q&A session for the new rules will be held on 4th of December at 7:00 PM AEDT with further details available in the team’s slack channel.
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AURC 2024 Launch Site Announcement

The 2024 AURC will take place at Williams Wildfire Westernationals, a 3-day rocket launch festival scheduled on September 20th to 22nd near Williams, Western Australia. We will be holding both a 5,000 and 10,000 ft target altitude categories for COTS solid rocket motors. The Williams Wildfire Westernationals festival is hosted by the Western Australian Rocketry Society (WARS).
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AURC Judges applications are now open!

The AYAA is currently recruiting Judges for our 2024 Australian Universities Rocket Competition (AURC). This is an exciting volunteer opportunity for experienced engineers to guide tertiary students through the engineering
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AURC 2024 Key Dates Released

The official timeline for the 2024 AURC competition is now published on our website here: https://aurc.ayaa.com.au/competitor-info/
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Applications for the 2024 AURC Committee are now Open!

We are recruiting for our Australian Universities Rocket Competition (AURC) subcommittee! As a volunteer in this team, you will gain unparalleled experience in preparing a large-scale intercollegiate competition, including aspects
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AURC 2024 Update

The Australian Youth Aerospace Association (AYAA) team is excited to announce that we are working towards a 2024 Australian Universities Rocket Competition (AURC) WITH an in-person launch event! This launch
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AURC 2021 Update

The Australian Youth Aerospace Association (AYAA) team has been working hard to assess the feasibility of a 2021 Australian Universities Rocket Competition (AURC) in-person launch event. Rolling restrictions have hampered
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Sponsor: Southern Launch

The AURC is excited to announce that it is being sponsored by Southern Launch! Southern Launch is a space start-up company located in South Australia that aims to build an
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Get to Know Our Teams – RMIT HIVE

For this edition of ‘AURC – Get to Know Our Teams’, we got talking to winners of the 30,000ft category in the inaugural AURC, the team from RMIT. RMIT HIVE
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