IREC 2027

Mission // IREC 2027  ·  Status // Development

Engineer. Ignite. Ascend.

An all-female student rocketry team at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, designing and building a student-researched rocket for the International Rocket Engineering Competition.

Explore the rocket Meet the team
BaseKFUPM · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Coord26.3070° N · 50.1450° E
Target10,000 ft AGL
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02 // Mission

One student rocket.
Ten thousand feet.
Midland, Texas.

SPARK is taking a student-researched and designed (SRAD) vehicle to IREC 2027 — the world's largest intercollegiate rocket engineering competition — targeting a 10,000 ft apogee with a solid motor developed in-house.

10,000ftTarget apogee · AGL
SRADPrimary propulsion path
18Active members
Jun14–19IREC 2027 · Midland, TX

03 // Anatomy

2,818 mm of
engineered airframe.

Five longitudinal sections on one 6-inch diameter. Every dimension on screen comes straight from the team's SolidWorks model.

04 // Systems

Seven systems.
One vehicle.

Click a system · drag to rotate

    SYS.07 // Propulsion

    M-class.
    Built in Dhahran.

    A student-designed solid motor on KNSB propellant. The thrust curve below is the propulsion subteam's own motor file — the same one flown in simulation.

    Thrust · NM2812 // KNSB // Motor subteam
    0 sBurn time · 3.24 s
    Total impulse
    9,154 N·s
    Average thrust
    2,825 N
    Peak thrust
    2,937 N
    Burn time
    3.24 s
    Propellant mass
    8.41 kg
    Loaded mass
    10.61 kg
    Diameter
    122 mm
    Length
    920 mm

    COTS fallback reviewed: AeroTech M1845NT · M2400T · M2500T · Cesaroni M3400

    06 // Flight profile

    00,000ft AGL
    T+0.0 sOn the rail
    1. T+0.0Ignition
    2. T+3.24Burnout · Mach 1.195
    3. 13.2 gMax acceleration
    4. Apogee11,140 ft · drogue out

    Preliminary OpenRocket baseline — final values freeze with the motor and measured masses. Main canopy planned near 1,000 ft AGL.

    07 // The team

    Eighteen engineers.
    Four subteams.

    Meet the full team

    08 // Mentors & Advisors

    Experience that turns simulation into flight.

    We're building a network of mentors in propulsion, safety and flight operations. Each profile will be published here in the mentor's own words.

    Become a mentor

    09 // Partners

    The next bottleneck is capability, not motivation.

    We're looking for partners in composite manufacturing & machining, static-fire and recovery testing, and technical networks for launch and logistics.

    Partner with SPARK