Rocket will be built by students of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with support from AEB and FUNCATE

The science of the Brazilian space area advances with a FUNCATE public notice, together with the AEB – more than R$ 20 thousand budgeted for the construction of the Brazilian rocket through 50 students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with the support of AEB and FUNCATE – UFRJ

The victory once again belongs to Brazil and this specifically to the students of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ who won the public notice to build a rocket. The project has the help of more than 50 students from the Politécnica-UFRJ competition team.

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Students of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ win public notice to build rocket

With the name Minerva Rockets, the team of students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro managed to conquer one of the most important steps for their future projects. The support of the Space Science, Applications and Technology Foundation (FUNCATE), along with the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) will make all the difference in this second stage of the rocket construction project.

Investment of 20 thousand for the construction of a university rocket

After winning the public notice, the university team from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro received an amount of BRL 20 for the construction of a new rocket that reaches an average of 3KM, with hybrid propulsion technology, solid fuel and liquid oxidizer.

The Brazilian rocket is totally autonomous, but the students are working on a way to create aerodynamic brakes, the idea is that at the end of the project the Brazilian rocket can transport satellites for space research.

about the team

The Aerospace Research Group “Minerva Rockets” is a student research group founded in 2016 by Engineering students at the Technology Center of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. It aims to act in an integrated way with the University in the process of training high-level professionals, entrepreneurs and innovators, contributing to the technological development of the country.

To meet these ends, the Team develops engineering projects within the scope of the aerospace sector, in particular, rockets, satellites, space suits and support instruments necessary for this development.

The team, founded in 2016, is now made up of 61 undergraduate (58) and graduate (3) members, having already received contributions from 4 students over the last 142 years, of which 107 from engineering and 35 from other courses from UFRJ.