Halya

Pioneering next-gen liquid bi-propellant rockets with innovative engineering.

About Halya

Halya (“Hesh-lah”) is a supersonic-sounding rocket designed to break height, speed, and acceleration records in collegiate liquid rocketry. The rocket will compete in the FAR MARS launch challenge, where it will fly to 45,000 ft and recover with a parachute. During its 5-minute flight, it will experience a maximum of 17 G’s of acceleration and reach a top speed of twice the speed of sound in under 5 seconds. The Halya team is using advanced manufacturing techniques such as composite layups and metal 3D printing to make Halya as structurally strong and light as possible in order to achieve these performance goals.

Technical Specifications

Diameter6.5 in

Length18 ft

Weight120 lb

Target Altitude45 000 ft

CompetitionFAR-Mars Rocketry Competition

PropellantsLOX/LNG

meet the team

  • Priscilla Nguyen

    Project Manager

  • Ethan Quan

    Structures Lead

  • Thomas Bowers

    Fluid Systems Lead

  • Eduard Shkulipa

    Electrical Lead

  • Alexander Yeh

    Structures

  • Dave Laygo

    Structures

  • Edward Yu

    Structures

  • Joseph Cestone

    Structures

  • Juan Garcia

    Structures

  • Madeline Phelps

    Structures

  • Sabah Kazi

    Structures

  • Devin Ho

    Fluid Systems Mentor

  • Swetha Chidambara Ganesh

    Fluid Systems

  • Spandan Das

    Fluid Systems

  • Darell Chua-yun-da

    Electronics

Alumni

Devin Ho

Noah Dilworth

Hans Chen

Ethan Foss

Bradney Pham

James Nguyen