International Rocket Engineering Competition 2025

 ESRA looks forward to working with you over the next 8 months! 

HeroX, as well as soundingrocket.org website and our social media sites will all celebrate this announcement.

Trust that ESRA is WORKING VERY HARD on our new launch site.  We will announce this as soon as we can.  Multiple sites are still being evaluated.

For teams who were declined, it is highly recommended that you seek other opportunities to compete and/or launch in your region, in preparation for the 2026 IREC.  

Typically, application are declined for one or more of the following reasons:

• Poor overall quality of the application, lacking detail, incorrect or missing data
• Team lacked sufficient experience to safely design, build and launch a rocket in that specific category
• Team did not follow rules and regulations or standards set forth in the DTEG
• Flyer of Record not provided or was not Tripoli L3 certified

The number of international collegiate rocketry competitions and teams continues to grow. Latin America, Australia, Canada, Europe, Turkey, Algeria, Peru, Portugal, Korea, Nepal, Mexico etc. have grown in both experience and expertise with enhanced applications for the 2025 IREC.  In the US, teams should look to compete in the Argonia Cup or any of the great events at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR) site in southern California.

For those teams who will be competing this year, ESRA is working hard to make this not only the largest, but the best Cup event ever held.  Over the next few weeks, there will be many updates and requests to student team leaders.  

Please respond to these as quickly as possible to ensure your team is 100% prepared.

• For international teams seeking a formal acceptance letters, please send a request to general.info@esrarocket.org

June is only a short 8 months away.  Get busy with your designing, building and testing!

-The ESRA Team

With a record 197 applications, ESRA needs a few more days to finalize the selected teams.   

Overall quality of the applications is extremely high but we do have logistical limits to the number of teams we can accept.

Announcement of selected 2025 IREC teams will be made on Sunday.

196 applications have been received.  Social media updates may take another few days so please be patient.   I will post a complete list of team applications received soon.

By far the best year of quality applications.  This is going to be a real struggle for ESRA to get this down to 150 teams.

-Andy Berger

Teams, 

We have applications being submitted without a Flyer of Record, stating "They are still looking for one".  For 2025, your team MUST have a valid NAME and TRA ID# of your Flyer of Record on your application or it will be DECLINED.

Also, YOU MUST RECEIVE CONFIRMATION from your Flyer of Record before you put their name on your application.

All FoRs will be contacted by ESRA to confirm they are aware of their responsibilities.  If they do not know they are your team's FoR, your application will be DECLINED.  DO NOT ASSUME you still have the same person from last year.

All FoRs will also be screened by Tripoli to ensure they are in fact L3 certified and ACTIVE members.

Any FoR stating they are "working on their L3 certification" will be DECLINED.