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Propulsive Landers @ Georgia Tech

Propulsive Landers @ Georgia Tech (GTPL) is a student-led Georgia Tech team developing autonomous systems for a self-landing hybrid rocket. The team works across propulsion, structures, avionics, guidance-navigation-control, telemetry, and test infrastructure, with extensive ground characterization before flight. Its official site reports Georgia Tech's first team hybrid-engine hotfire on November 9, 2025 and ongoing 2026 tether-hover preparation; no successful free-hop or landing is claimed.

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Hybrid rocket landers, propulsion testing, guidance-navigation-control, telemetry, avionics, structures, autonomous landing systems, and reusable flight technology
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Propulsive Landers @ Georgia Tech
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Propulsive Landers @ Georgia Tech (GTPL) is a student-led Georgia Tech team developing autonomous systems for a self-landing hybrid rocket. The team works across propulsion, structures, avionics, guidance-navigation-control, telemetry, and test infrastructure, with extensive ground characterization before flight. Its official site reports Georgia Tech's first team hybrid-engine hotfire on November 9, 2025 and ongoing 2026 tether-hover preparation; no successful free-hop or landing is claimed.
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33.772432
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-84.394777
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Creation Time
August 15, 2026 at 12:31:17 UTC
Updated Time
August 15, 2026 at 12:31:17 UTC