ABOUT US

The Strathclyde Aerospace Innovation Society is the University of Strathclyde’s largest aerospace society. Our mission is to act as a platform for students to grow as engineers and leaders through participating in our large-scale extracurricular projects in rocketry, space systems, and aviation.

With over 100 new member signups last year, our members represent some of the university's most dedicated and enthusiastic students. The society has entered twelve world-renowned competitions over the past four years in a wide multidisciplinary range of topics.

Over the years, StrathAIS has expanded from orbital spacecraft design to the design and manufacture of our supersonic rocket project, Taranis.

In the previous academic year, the team competed in the International Rocket Engineering Competition (or IREC) 2025. The society now enters its 7th year and has remained one of the top technical societies at Strathclyde.

OUR JOURNEY

  • StrathAIS was founded in 2019 to fufill the need of an aerospace society within the univeristy and give students the opportunity to develop skills within the aerospace field.

    Various theoretical Competitions were entered such as, the AIAA Space systems 2020 which involved designing a Lunar Base, the AIAA Aircraft Design 2020 where a High-Capacity Short Range Transport Aircraft was designed and the ACE/ESA Student Challenge for a sub-orbital spacecraft.

  • The STRATHcube Team division was created in 2020 to provide a more practical and exciting project for members to work on a CubeSat, it became the flagship project of StrathAIS after its integration as a Master’s Project marking the first major milestone for the society.

    Further Competitions were also entered such as, the UKSEDS Satellite Design where a Lunar Nanosatellite Mission was designed, the Dassault Systems Sustainable Aviation in which an Autonomous Drone For Organ Transportation was developed.

  • The 2021/22 academic year marked the next major milestone as the Rocketry Team division was created and entered the Spaceport America Cup 2022, this involved developing and launching a rocket capable of reaching 10,000 ft, the MK. I.

    STRATHcube also entered into its second year of development of the CubeSat along with continuing the UKSEDS Satellite Design Competition to design and build a 3U CubeSat.

  • The 2022/23 academic year was a resounding success for all teams. The Rocketry Team entered again into the Spaceport America Cup 2023 breaking several of our previous records for accuracy, performance and recovery of MK. II.

    The STRATHcube Team saw significant progress with the highlight of the development of an Intergrated Systems Tool which simulated the mission on MATLAB. A seperate team was also created which would develop a prototype CubeSat to emulate the payload of the Rocketry Teams Rocket.

  • The 2023/24 academic year was yet again another outstanding success. The Rocketry Team entered the Spaceport America Cup 2024 launching the MK. III 10,000 ft resulting in our best result so far of 18th out of 120 international teams and top 10 in our category.

    The STRATHcube team further progressed towards their Critical Design Review Stage and begun development of prototype CubeSats for testing and analysis.

  • The 2024/25 academic year was a huge year for the society. The Rocketry Team entered into the 30K COTS category of IREC 25 for the first time, coming 2nd in the technical report but due to a CATO caused by a motor malfunction unfortunately received no points for flight performance.

    The STRATHcube Team achieved a successful entry to the ESA: Fly Your Satellite! Design Booster Programe, allowing the chance to reach new heights through ESA mentorship!