Project Birkeland
Birkeland is the name of the rocket Propulse NTNU built in 2022. It launched and competed in the 30'K COTS class at Spaceport America Cup 2022 in NM, USA.
The project started in late summer of 2021 with planning, and the complete design concept was completed in winter of 2022. It was fully built and launched in june 2022, before being safely recovered and returned to Norway.
Apogee: 9014m
Max velocity: 1.5 Mach (1850 km/h)
0-100 km/h in 0,21 s
Rocket performance stats
Project 2023
Creating a bi-liquid rocket
Each year, we design, build, test and launch a high-powered rocket. In the last two years we have been in the forefront of student rocketry in the world, competing with solid motor rockets. Building on that experience, we are now going bigger…
For our next project, Propulse will design, produce, test and launch our first ever rocket with a bi-propellant liquid engine. Head over to our Project 2023 page to learn more!
Upcoming events
23. january
Preliminary Design Review
Contact us
Address
Klæbuveien 153,
7037 Trondheim,
Norway
Bachelor / Master Thesis
Would you like to write your thesis at Propulse NTNU? Send us an e-mail! We have already made a list of suggested topics, but you are free to make your own suggestions as well.