2025 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) 9 June 2025 - 14 June 2025 Midland, Texas
The 2025 IREC will be hosted in Midland, Texas, from 9–14 June 2025.
ESRA hosts an International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) for over 150 student rocketry teams from across the USA and around the world. With a minimum payload size of 2.2 pounds and target altitudes of either 10,000, 30,000, or 45,000 feet above ground level. Competing rockets are typically 4 to 8 inches in diameter and 8 to 20 ft. long. Multistage rockets and all chemical propulsion types (solid, liquid, and hybrid) are allowed.
In partnership with the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association, AIAA is proud to support the world’s largest university rocket engineering competition.
For more information about the competition, please visit: www.soundingrocket.org/
