Overview Ironbark is a modelling and simulation software suite developed to provide accurate flight simulations for all our projects. The suite is named after the native Australian Eucalyptus species, Ironbark, and has been integral to many projects, including Firetail, Bluewren, Rosella, and Pardalote. Project Details Ironbark began development in 2021 as a software project led […]
Overview Pardalote is our first fully Student Researched and Developed (SRAD) hybrid rocket. It is built upon our previous record-setting achievements using Commercial Off the Shelf, solid-fuel engines. Pardalote was the team’s entry into the International Rocket Engineering Competition in 2025, where it won the overall New Horizon Award, secured first place in the SRAD […]
Overview Wattle is the second iteration of our hybrid rocket engine, building off the learnings of the Waratah Project. The project aimed to establish a hybrid engine testing facility that our team will be able to use in future to further our projects and technical capability. Project Details Wattle, the second iteration of our hybrid […]
Overview Rosella is our third 30,000 ft rocket and builds upon our Spaceport America Cup 2022 Winner, Bluewren. This project allowed for further research, optimisation and advancement of in-house manufacturing capabilities to all contributing to the development of our engineering solution. Project Details Rosella was designed to further the team’s technical capabilities, and as such, […]
Overview Callistemon is a 3U CubeSat designed to provide a technical demonstration of space junk capture through the use of computer vision controlling a small articulated robot. It is named after the native Australian flower, Callistemon, and flew on Bluewren during the 2022 Spaceport America Cup. Its demonstration went on to win the Space Dynamics […]
Overview Bluewren, or Muruduwin in the Gadigal language, is our second 30,000 ft rocket. It builds upon the success of Firetail, incorporating a wide range of advanced engineering solutions. Bluewren was the team’s entry into Spaceport America Cup in 2022, where it won the 30,000 ft COTS Category, and led the team to take home […]
Overview Waratah is the team’s first Student Researched and Developed (SRAD) hybrid rocket engine. Its aim was to develop a proof of concept engine that could be scaled up to a flight ready model. Project Details Waratah’s testing campaign will end with a static fire of our sub-scale proof of concept engine. Currently powered using N2O […]
Overview Our most powerful rocket, Firetail is our first rocket that aims to reach 30,000 ft. Project Details Firetail, or “Wibung” in the local Gadigal language, is designed to compete in the 30,000 ft COTS categories of AURC and SA Cup. USYD Rocketry Team’s most powerful rocket to date, our single stage rocket is propelled […]
Overview Tetratheca was our team’s first entry into the Space Dynamics Laboratory Payload Challenge. Named after the native Australian flower, Tetratheca was designed to provide a technical demonstration of a satellite attitude determination and control system. Project Details In 2021, Tetratheca took out 3rd place in the Space Dynamics Laboratory Payload Challenge as part of […]
Overview Bronzewing began development in late 2019 and is now in the final stages of design and construction. Building on the success of Silvereye, it has been designed to compete at both AURC and SA Cup in the 10,000ft COTS categories. Project Details Bronzewing, or Guwadagang in the Gadigal language, launches to an apogee of […]
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