Past achievements

Past Achievements

AspireSpace has already achieved several significant milestones, from breaking the altitude record for a British amateur rocket with Aspire 1 in 1992 to the successful testing of the powerful H20 LOX/HDPE hybrid rocket engine.

The major events from the beginning to the present day are outlined below:

February 1991: Aspire 1 conceived by a group of UKSEDS students from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cambridge and Kent.
June 1992: Aspire 1 successfully launched to an altitude of 3.5km (11,000 feet), breaking the then altitude record for a British amateur rocket.
Aspire 2, a reusable rocket vehicle powered by a new hybrid engine and capable of launching 10kg of payload to an altitude of 100km, was conceived.
Summer 1994: AspireSpace founded to realise the dream of building and launching Aspire 2.
AspireSpace Development Vehicle (ADV) 1 tested.
AspireSpace Sounding Rocket Vehicle (ASRV) 1 launched to ~2km altitude, with on-board video camera.
ASRV 2 launched to ~3km altitude.
H2 hybrid rocket engine completed and test firings commenced
AspireSpace organises the first UK amateur rocketry workshop in Bristol.
Test firings of the H20 cryogenic hybrid engine commence.
First of two 'FLARE' H2-powered vehicle launched.
ADV2a launched.
First ADV2c launched.