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Wisconsin Space Program (WiSP)

Wisconsin Space Program (WiSP) is a continuing University of Wisconsin-Madison student aerospace organization, formerly AIAA UW-Madison. Official university sources document its propulsion sub-team's nitrogen cold-flow testing, test-readiness review, custom control hardware, and successful methane/oxygen torch-igniter hot fire, followed by liquid and hybrid rocket projects. In 2026 WiSP designed and flew the university's first liquid rocket at FAR-OUT and earned first place in Category B; the university report also documents a launch anomaly, failure investigation, and planned future test-stand and rocket work. This description makes no orbital-success or unsupported mission claim.

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Student liquid and hybrid rocket propulsion, flight hardware, cold-flow and hot-fire testing, avionics, structures, recovery, payloads, and competition launch systems
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Wisconsin Space Program (WiSP)
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Wisconsin Space Program (WiSP) is a continuing University of Wisconsin-Madison student aerospace organization, formerly AIAA UW-Madison. Official university sources document its propulsion sub-team's nitrogen cold-flow testing, test-readiness review, custom control hardware, and successful methane/oxygen torch-igniter hot fire, followed by liquid and hybrid rocket projects. In 2026 WiSP designed and flew the university's first liquid rocket at FAR-OUT and earned first place in Category B; the university report also documents a launch anomaly, failure investigation, and planned future test-stand and rocket work. This description makes no orbital-success or unsupported mission claim.
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August 7, 2026 at 23:51:38 UTC
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August 7, 2026 at 23:51:38 UTC