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Atlas was designed in collaboration with AlbertaSat, the University of Alberta's CubeSat engineering project team. It served as a mass model for their upcoming Ex-Alta 3 satellite. With a suite of accelerometers and strain gauges, Atlas was able to characterize the loads that will be experienced by Ex-Alta 3 during launch, and validated the structural integrity of the upcoming satellite.

Ringo II’s Payload takes inspiration from the ongoing NASA Dragonfly Mission and was the first step in a 5-year project to develop and test a deployable roto-copter drone for atmospheric and biological sampling. The first payload of this long-term project, Bioaerosol Investigation of Microbial Ecosystems (BIOME), underwent tethered deployment at apogee. While remaining tethered to the launch vehicle’s drogue chute, BIOME used an air sampling unit to filter and collect microbes from the lower troposphere for on-the-ground culturing and analysis. BIOME went on to win first place in the Payload Design Challenge at the 2023 Launch Canada Competition.

Ringo I carried a scientific payload that studied fluid flow through capillary tubes in the microgravity experienced at apogee. It aimed to determine the critical nozzle geometric parameters for spontaneously ejection of one or more droplets of water, in 100% (results from ground), and 5 to 1% of Earth’s gravity (flight apogee). It was awarded first place in the Payload Design Challenge at the inaugural 2022 Launch Canada Competition.