Timeline
our progress so far
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AlectroSpace founded
3 August 2019
Routine launch operations begin
September 2019
Miniature onboard camera acquired and tested
February 2020
Blitzar 1A water rocket propulsive landing tests
March-April 2020
First generation 3D-printed rocket motors are designed and tested with limited success
June 2020
Rocket Motor Mark 9, first successful thrust test
9 July, 2020
Rocket Motor Mark 9A successful hop test
10 July, 2020
First launch of an Estes rocket, the Star Hopper
8 October, 2020
Routine launching of Estes rockets begins. Number of rockets in the fleet grows rapidly
Late 2020—present
Advanced water rockets acquired from AntiGravity Research Corporation
June 2021
AstroCam acquired from Estes
November 2021
First cold-weather rocket launch
27 December 2021
ProtoStar rocket launches using a D-motor for the first time
22 April, 2022
AlectroSpace participates in a local rocket launch event for the first time
2 July, 2022
Mini Starhopper celebrates the 3rd anniversary of its first flight
3 August, 2022
AlectroSpace resumes manufacturing and testing of rocket motors, starting with Mark 15
Late August, 2022
3D-printed rocket motor Mark 16B successfully lifts a stack of 4 pennies
1 September, 2022
Rocket Motor Mark 17 successfully achieves liftoff
3 September, 2022
3D-printed rocket Mark 18 reaches a record altitude of 4 meters
14 October, 2022
"Mission: Yellow Brick Road" - First zero-g experiments with toy bricks
22 March, 2023
First launch of a cluster rocket, the Side-Kick
26 April, 2023
First fully successful launch and landing of a scratch-built model rocket, the Falcon 9
21 June, 2023
Successful Level 1 HPR Certification launch, using the Zephyr rocket (photo by Don Martin)
8 September, 2023
Project: Spark integrated flight-testing begins
23 February, 2024
Project: Spark concludes test campaign
11 April, 2024
"Ernst" sets AlectroSpace altitude record of 550 meters
2 May, 2024
Mini Starhopper celebrates its 5th anniversary
3 August, 2024
Zephyr flight 2, first payload flight with AlectroSat 1.2
13 September, 2024
AlectroSpace logo updated for the first time in five years
March 2025
New bellyflop-capable air rockets developed
March 2025-Present
Firefly Alpha rocket model, first 4-engine AlectroSpace launch
1 May 2025
First 2-stage flight test of a bellyflop-capable rocket
8 May 2025
First successful 2-stage flight of the TTV rocket
28 June 2025
Zephyr flies on an "I" motor for the first time
13 September 2025
Orbitron Flight 4 successfully transmits telemetry to a ground station
21 October 2025
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