International Rocket Engineering Competition 2025

Dear IREC 2025 Participants,

It has come to our attention that there was an error in the scoring process for the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) 2025, which affected the final rankings of the winning teams. We sincerely apologize for this oversight and have taken immediate steps to rectify the mistake, resulting in a reordering of the top teams.
 

We are immensely grateful for your understanding and patience as we address this issue. Your dedication to innovation, teamwork, and excellence in rocket engineering continues to inspire us all. The achievements of every team at IREC 2025 are a testament to your hard work, creativity, and passion for advancing aerospace technology.
We want to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the reordered winning teams in the following categories for their outstanding performance:
 

10K SRAD 

First Place Team 314 | University of California, Irvine

Second Place | Team 302 | Federal University of ABC

Third Place | Team 309 | Purdue University

30K SRAD

First Place | Team 410 | West Virginia University

Second Place Team 401 | Federal University of Santa Catarina

Third Place | Team 407 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
 

Each team’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in rocketry is truly commendable, and we are honored to witness your accomplishments. We also thank all participants for their sportsmanship and contributions to making IREC 2025 a remarkable success.
 

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.  We look forward to celebrating your future achievements and seeing you at next year’s competition!
 

With gratitude and admiration,
 

Steve Taylor

President, ESRA

The 2025 IREC Final Scores have been posted of soundingrocket.org.

Teams, mentors, advisors and volunteers who have inquiries about the Final Scores must follow Section 3.1 of the Rules and Requirements document. 

The following sections states All inquiries regarding the final score sheet should be emailed to  and with "TEAM <Your Team ID> FINAL SCORE SHEET INQUIRES Competition Year IREC", for any considerations /changes to be made.  Any inquiries made outside these emails will not be considered. Teams have seven days after the score sheet is released for these inquiries. After this time no changes will be made and the scores reflected will be the final scoring record.

Under the 2025 IREC in the Student Resources section of www.soundingrocket.org

Click on the link to access all of the student team technical documents.

As a reminder, Section 2.6.2.1 PUBLICATION of the IREC Rules and Regulations states - All reports will be publicly published after the event concludes. Petitions for confidentiality will not be accepted.

If you would like to share your media with ESRA for our videos, please submit footage to the Dropbox link below!

Click HERE

Congratulations to you and your team for all the hard work that went into the launches last week! To let us know you were at the IREC competition, please complete this contact form by the end of the week!

By filling out your information, we’ll know that a member of our team connected with you, and we’ll be sure to reach out with upcoming opportunities at Blue.

Congrats again and we look forward to staying in touch!

 Paula Molina, She/Her

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Early Career Programs 

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