Our History

2010

  • Scott Gleason, as assistant professor in Concordia gathered a small team of engineering students to participate in CSDC1 with Consat-1.
  • Space Concordia is Born

2012

  • Space Concordia wins 1st place at CSDC1.
  • Creation of Ground Segment
  • Creation of Rocketry Division
  • Creation of Robotics Division
  • Creation of Governing Council

2013

  • Space Concordia relocates to H1029-7

2014

  • Satellite Division wins 2nd place at CSDC2 with Aleksandr
  • Rocketry Divison present the Concordia TEDx Presentation

2015

  • Rocketry Division wins 2nd place for payload category in IREC 2015
  • Creation of Special Projects Division (High Altitude Balloon Project, Bio-Payload Project, Plasma Propulsion Project)
  • Participation at Caltech Challenge. A SC Member's team was awarded as winner
  • Space Concordia welcomes their new faculty advisor: Dr. Krzysztof (Chris) Skonieczny

2016

  • Satellite Division wins 1st place in CSDC3
  • Rocketry Division wins 2nd place overall in IREC 2016
  • Special Projects Division launches Icarus-1 HAB and Icarus-2 HAB
  • Presentation at CSCA SmallSat Symposium

2017

  • Rocketry Division's Maurice wins 14nd place overall and 1st place in Quebec at the Spaceport America Cup2018

2018

  • Satellite Division wins 3rd place in CSDC3 with Aleksandr III
  • SC's first supersonic rocket Supersonice wins two 1st place prizes at the Spaceport America Cup2018
  • Robotics division completes Asimov, the robotic arm
  • Space Concordia becomes one of 15 selected canadian teams to participate in the Canadian CubeSat Project