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Projects

Every year we push a little further. Here is everything we have designed, built and flown, starting with the newest.

2027

2027High-altitude rocket
In development

TERMINATOR

Our high-altitude rocket in development for the 10,000 ft category of IREC 2027.

  • IREC 2027 — Spaceport America Cup
  • 10,000 ft target altitude
Target apogee
10,000 ft

2026

2026High-altitude rocket
Completed

ZENIT

Our next-generation high-altitude rocket, targeting 7,400 m with a new airframe and in-house avionics.

  • Fiberglass body tubes and fins
  • Redundant flight computers with GNSS + barometric altimetry
  • Live telemetry over long-range radio
ZENIT
Length
3.04 m
Diameter
106 mm
Liftoff mass
~32 kg
Motor
M-class
Target apogee
7,400 m
Recovery
Dual deployment

2025

2025High-altitude rocket
Completed

AMIRAL

A sounding rocket for the TEKNOFEST 2025 high-altitude category, built to reach 15,000 ft and deploy a scientific payload at apogee.

  • 15,000 ft target altitude
  • Payload deployment at apogee for tests and measurements
  • Parachute recovery for both rocket and payload
Target apogee
15,000 ft
2025Underwater rocket system
Completed

SARA

Our autonomous Underwater Rocket Vehicle (SARA), developed for TEKNOFEST's first-ever Underwater Rocket Competition.

  • Completes its mission route fully autonomously
  • Steers the rocket it carries to the water surface
  • Opens its hatches and fires the rocket once the nose breaks the surface

2024

2024High-altitude rocket
Flown

Falcon IV

Our first rocket in the high-altitude category at TEKNOFEST 2024, where we reached the finals and finished 5th.

  • 5th place in the high-altitude category
  • Honourable mention for Best Visual Media Sharing
  • Flown at the Aksaray launch site
Falcon IV

2023

2023Mid-altitude rocket
Flown

Falcon III

Finalist in the TEKNOFEST 2023 mid-altitude category, finishing 17th.

  • TEKNOFEST 2023 finalist
  • Design optimised with data from previous flights
  • In-house flight computer and GPS
Falcon III

2022

2022Mid-altitude rocket
Flown

Falcon II

Finalist in the TEKNOFEST 2022 mid-altitude category, finishing 35th.

  • TEKNOFEST 2022 finalist
  • Fully in-house avionics and subsystems
  • Damage-free, reusable parachute landing
Falcon II (1)Falcon II (2)

2021

2021Mid-altitude rocket
Completed

Falcon I

The rocket that started it all. It was our first entry in the mid-altitude category of the TEKNOFEST Rocket Competition.

  • First TEKNOFEST entry
  • Mid-altitude category
  • Parachute recovery system
Falcon I (1)Falcon I (2)