Sirius beta flew a nominal mission in July 2024 and validated the pneumatic separation concept.
Role
Mechanical integration, recovery, and avionics support
Sirius is a 3.3 m two-stage student rocket program built around pneumatic stage separation. The project combined mechanical design, deployment architecture, and avionics integration for a technically ambitious multi-stage flight.
Parachute deployment and casing design.
Separation-architecture work for the two-stage stack.
Avionics integration and systems planning.
Height
3.3 m
Architecture
Two-stage
Key mechanism
Pneumatic separation
Flight status
Nominal beta flight
Achievements
Demonstrated a nominal flight in July 2024.
Validated pneumatic stage separation in a real campaign.
Returned usable flight data for the next design cycle.