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Polaris

Rocket Team's first ever launchable engine!! Polaris's main mission objective is to reach a 30k ft maximum as a second stage. It is planned to use Ethanol and Nitrous Oxide.

Helios

In the Fall of 2018, the team began the Helios engine project. Helios is a pressure-fed bi-propellant liquid engine designed to produce 350lbf, and is fed with diluted Ethanol & LOX by an accompanying test stand. Helios's main goals are to understand basic engine design principles and learn how to efficiently and safely test high-pressure engines. As of now, Helios has been successfully assembled, and is nearly ready for its hot fire testwas successfully hot fired on May 16th, 2024.

Romulus

Romulus, a Kerosene-LOX regeneratively cooled engine designed to produce 450lbf, expands on lessons learned from the design of Helios. Romulus uses a pintle injector to balance thrust and temperature requirements. This project was discontinued because there was not enough time and members to finish it.

Pyralis

A N2O-Ethanol Aerospike. This project was led by Matt Vernacchia, back when this was just the Solid Propulsion Subteam. This project actually reached hot fire and destroyed the Building 31 Blast Chamber at the end of the program.

Viper

A methane-oxygen engine, Viper ran from Fall 2016 to Fall 2018. The team spent a lot of money, but it petered out when a member left. Rumor has it the ghost of the yellow test stand still lives in Edgerton. Pioneered the use of CNC manufacturing on Rocket Team.