Duke AERO
Duke AERO is a Duke University student rocketry team with around 40 active members. The team designs and fabricates high-powered sounding rockets, student-researched solid motors, avionics, active control and recovery systems, and other flight hardware for the International Rocket Engineering Competition. Its 2025 Perseus rocket launched and was recovered after a stability issue caused it to undershoot its target apogee; Duke AERO is also continuing development of a liquid engine and its next competition rocket.
Identity
- Field
- High-powered rocketry, student-researched solid propulsion, avionics, active controls, recovery, liquid-engine development, and IREC competition
- Name
- Duke AERO
- Region
- NA
Details
- Description
- Duke AERO is a Duke University student rocketry team with around 40 active members. The team designs and fabricates high-powered sounding rockets, student-researched solid motors, avionics, active control and recovery systems, and other flight hardware for the International Rocket Engineering Competition. Its 2025 Perseus rocket launched and was recovered after a stability issue caused it to undershoot its target apogee; Duke AERO is also continuing development of a liquid engine and its next competition rocket.
- Latitude
- 35.999685
- Location
- Longitude
- -78.933387
- University
Links
- https://www.instagram.com/duke_aero/
- Website
- https://dukerocketry.com/