Liquid Rocket Project

As UBC Rocket's most ambitious project yet, the team's development of a liquid engine rocket began in 2018 with the Whistler-Blackcomb project. With an initial target altitude of 100 km (the edge of space), the team rapidly developed an initial engine, an advanced stand to test its capabilities and initial iterations of the rocket's airframe and internals, presenting research and designs at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and achieving the first successful liquid engine hot fire of any student team in Canada. As it evolved, the project moved towards a more iterative model of development. More recently, the team has made large strides towards achieving their first nominal liquid engine flight at a lower altitude, with the goal of building on this technology to achieve a successful spaceshot launch.