With the aim of designing and launching sounding rockets since 2012
Lyra is Skyward’s second hybrid rocket, crafted to compete in the SRAD Hybrid 3000m category of EuRoC ‘24.
Despite apparent similarities with its predecessor Gemini, every subsystem in Lyra has undergone rigorous refinement and optimization, as a testament to our commitment to pushing boundaries and embracing innovation.
Our mission with Lyra is clear: to create Skyward’s most cutting-edge rocket while learning from the challenges faced by Gemini.
Æneas is a demo-prototype Liquid Rocket Engine, developed and built entirely by Skyward, with the aim of studying the liquid propulsion field. After an initial feasibility study and a design phase of the engine, production kicked off in February 2024, with tests beginning in May. As a demonstrative project, Aeneas focuses on the rapid development of a safe and reliable engine, without fixed performance requirements. The design leverages on Skyward’s knowledge of working with N2O as an oxidizer, gained through the work on hybrid engines and introduces the use of ethanol as a liquid propellant, with N2 serving as a pressurizer.
Gemini is the third of the new generation of rockets developed for the European Rocketry Challenge in Portugal. Building upon the successes of its predecessors, Pyxis and Lynx, Gemini sets itself apart by introducing a new propulsive system: Hybrid Engine “Furia” allowing Skyward to compete for the first time ever in the ‘Hybrid SRAD 3000m’ category at EuRoC
Pyxis is the second of the new generation of rockets developed to compete in the European Rocketry Challenge in Portugal. With its innovative and ambitious design, it leaps to the previous rocket Lynx, thanks to its main features:
Pyxis will prove that last year success wasn’t mere luck by competing once again in the ‘Solid COTS 3000m’ category
Chimæra is the first Hybrid Rocket Engine, developed and built by Skyward, with the specific aim of flying on a student-developed sounding rocket. It will participate to 2023 EuRoC competition and push Skyward’s rocket to 3000m apogee.
Lynx is the first competition rocket made by the association, taking part in the 2021 edition of the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC), in Portugal. It represents a giant step forward from our previous rockets, being much bigger, complex and reaching more than double the altitudes of previous launches.
