STES Rocketry

STES Rocketry Team India 🇮🇳
Building rockets Breaking barriers
Home of Indias first student built liq. rocket engine from concept to launch,built by students

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Looking back at Narlikar 🚀

Named in honor of Jayant Narlikar, this was the engine laid the foundation for our liquid propulsion program
On 19 July 2025, Narlikar roared to life in a 1kN hotfire producing brilliant mach diamonds
Every engine has a story. This is where ours began

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@VazeKshitij Real

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Rocketry is amazing.

Until it's 2 AM and you're carrying iron barricades, assembling trusses moving tanks and tightening straps because a 3 kN rocket engine has strong opinions about staying attached to Earth

People see the fire

The team remembers the lifting
#LASC @lascspace

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The aftermath. 🔥

Just 6 seconds of burn time.

The exhaust plume displaced dust across the test site, leaving behind a distinct V shaped pattern on the ground.

A reminder of the energy released during Narlikar's hot fire. 🚀

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Looking back at Narlikar 🚀

Named in honor of Jayant Narlikar, this was the engine laid the foundation for our liquid propulsion program
On 19 July 2025, Narlikar roared to life in a 1kN hotfire producing brilliant mach diamonds
Every engine has a story. This is where ours began

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@Arjunsssssssd It's already there
This was our 1st engine
We developed a 3Kn engine after testing this one
Soon will share about "patankar" too

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@wilsonchenghy @ha_ssaan141 Looking at bulky digikey box under the table

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@GreatScottLab Rasp,stm ,sd card , audio port 🤔 what can it be

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@VazeKshitij Ethernet magnetics sounds interesting 🤔

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Standing tall under the night sky, our champions Sahasra and Vikrant remind us how far we've come. 🚀
After carrying our dreams to the world stage at LASC Brazil, they now look ahead to their successor, Dhawan, ready for its turn to reach the skies. ✨

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@Ecsplode @VazeKshitij Yup! STM32 arm M4

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@ShriKaranHanda There are AI tools, but unlike software, you can't just hit "run" and see if it works.

A lot of the work involves hardware validation, test equipment, datasheets, and real world constraints that are difficult for current AI tools to reason about reliably.

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@3bodysolution @VazeKshitij I think we need someone for our PR

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@Ecsplode @VazeKshitij More of a flight computer for our Rocket than a typical drone flight computer , It handles telemetry,data logging, navigation, recovery,and control surface actuations

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Thank you!
The PCB is just the tip of the iceberg. Other than board much larger effort involving propulsion, structures, recovery, manufacturing, testing, and a team constantly pushing to improve.

We're proud of how far we've come, but we're even more excited about what's next.

[kshitij vaze @VazeKshitij]

Them boys over at @STESRocketry COOKED with this man, it's so well made!!!

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Which side are you on? ⚔️
ESP32 vs STM32
#ESP32 #STM32 #EmbeddedSystems #Electronics #Rocketry #Aerospace #Engineering #TechTwitter

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@t3nable Awesome tip!
Much needed

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@neerajKh_ https://t.co/0AJRBYwteT
That's what we have in our mind for the future not just for competitions

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An unforgettable LASC 2025 for STES Rocketry. Two rockets, two major wins.
Our student-built rocket Sahasra secured 3rd place in the Solid category, demonstrating the engineering. It reached its intended apogee with precision and recovered flawlessly.
@PMOIndia @isro
1/5

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@ImAnand_AI Added liquid flux to the list🫡✌️

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0402 components are cool until one jumps off the tweezers and enters another dimension 😭
First time soldered them today 🚀
A solid 50% of the work was just trying not to loose component on the table and flip them
Saas lene mai bhi dar lag raha tha😶‍🌫️
#Rocketry #Engineering #SMD

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@KrishJadhav37 First we need to find all the missing components