Every year, Groupe Aérospatial de l’Université Laval (GAUL) models and fully builds an advanced high-powered experimental rocket feet long. And by 2010, the group hopes to design and construct a commercially viable final launcher capable of putting small satellites into low orbit. The venture’s success lies in the passion shared by the members of its multidisciplinary team: over 20 students in engineering – electrical, data processing, mechanical and physics – and administration who pool their know-how and overflowing imagination. GAUL also has the support of numerous suppliers and partners such as Pratt & Whitney Canada and Électronique SEM inc., for the assembly of electronic circuits, Canal Geomatics, for its recovery system, as well as DRDC-Valcartier, one of the most important research and development centres in Canada. Thanks to these exceptional resources, the future engineers plan to design an economical full flight simulator, an efficient hybrid engine and even a revolutionary guidance system directly integrated into the satellite. An aerospace breakthrough in Québec!