United Kingdom Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge

The UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKRoC) is a youth rocket building competition, established in 2007. It provides secondary school student teams (of 3 to 5 members aged 11 to 18), a realistic experience in designing a flying aerospace vehicle that meets a specified set of mission and performance requirements. Students have to work together in teams, emulating the practices of real aerospace engineers. Not intended to be easy, and considered well within the capabilities of secondary school students with a good background in science and maths, and some craftsmanship skills.

Run by ADS, its key goal is to "Encourage school children to enter the world of aerospace and science".

The winner goes forward to represent the UK competing in the International Rocketry Challenge against the winners of the American, French and Japanese competitions.

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