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24/04/2026
Great engineering demands more than ideas — it demands belief and backing.
We extend our sincere gratitude to YVN Technologies and Akash Surekha for enabling our vision at the Latin American Space Challenge 2025.
With your support, we were able to achieve:
• Development and launch of the solid propulsion rocket SAHASRA, integrated with the R.I.S.E satellite payload
• Design and development of the R.I.S.E satellite incorporating an HRS system along with a Fiber Optic Gyroscope
• Engineering of India’s first student-researched liquid rocket engine, PATANKAR
• Development of the indigenous liquid propulsion rocket VIKRANT, demonstrating advanced propulsion capabilities
• Creation of indigenous avionics, including the PRATAP SMD PCB
• Design and fabrication of the BOSE telemetry PCB for real-time data acquisition and communication
• In-house manufacturing of an airbrake system for aerodynamic control in SAHASRA
• Design and fabrication of in-house parachute systems for reliable recovery operations
This is just the beginning. As a team, we remain committed to pushing boundaries, advancing indigenous technology, and representing Indian student engineering on a global stage. 🚀
02/03/2026
Recap of the past year✨
An unforgettable LASC 2025 for STES Rocketry. Two rockets, two major wins. 🚀🥳
Our student-built rocket "Sahasra" secured 3rd place in the Solid category and our other rocket "Vikrant" secured 2nd place in the Liquids/Hybrids category worldwide. It reached its intended apogee with precision and recovered flawlessly.
We are proudly the ONLY Indian team to represent our country Internationally with every single component- from its nosetip to boattail, fuselage, motor, flight computers, parachutes, airbrakes all developed and manufactured inhouse. 🇮🇳🇮🇳
This is our Sahasra launch video,
Powered by the inhouse developed M-class KNSB “Vajra” motor and SRAD avionics SMD flight controller "Pratap" for collecting Baro, IMU and GPS data. The LoRa based telemetry was perfected using our "BOSE" ground station PCB.
The rocket also carried with it our Project RISE 3U CubeSat equipped with our own developed fiber optic gyroscopes, AHRS & sun-moon-star tracker to build a foundation for our orbital satellite ambitions.
The entire fiberglass fuselage and the tip-to-tip laminated fins are fully designed and manufactured in-house, forming a legacy and strong foundation that the team has built since its founding in 2017.
The rocket also contained AIRBRAKES for precise apogee control, which resulted in a very small error from predicted Apogee earning praises worldwide.
Along with that a unique real time ANGLE OF ATTACK and Wind velocity collecting experiment in all 3 Axis, all integrated in the nosetip of the rocket.
It also featured our inhouse developed and manufactured elliptical main and drogue parachutes and our own developed line cutter mechanism called "Baghnakh".
Sahasra delivered exactly as engineered. 🚀🚀
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