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In NASA’s Student Launch Initiative (SLI) , teams are usually divided into specialized subteams so students can focus on different parts of the rocket system. Main teams include Airframe, Avionics, and Payload.
Airframe: The Airframe team is responsible for the rocket’s physical structure, everything that makes up the body of the rocket. This includes, design and build the rocket body tube, fins, nose cone, and recovery bay, ensuring the rocket is aerodynamically stable (proper center of gravity and center of pressure), and intgegrating other subteams systems to the frame of the rocket.
Avionics: The Avionics team handles all electronics, sensors, and flight computers. They team typically, progams microcontrollers (like Arduino, Teensy, etc.), installs altimeters and accelerometers, control deployment systems (parachutes, separation charges), wires and test electronic systems, and collects and stores flight data. They make sure, the parachutes deploy at the correct altitude, the rocket tracks data during flight, and the team can recover useful flight information.
Payload: The Payload team focuses on the scientific or engineering experiment carried inside the rocket. They typically, design the experiment required by NASA SLI’s annual challenge, build the payload housing, ensure the payload survives launch and landing, collect and analyze data, and write reports explaining results. The payload is the mission objective of the rocket.
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