Australian Universities Rocket Competition 2026

Overall Competition Winner: ANU Rocketry - Project Tempest

5000 ft.

Commercial off the Shelf Propulsion

Newcastle University | NU Rocketry — Project Helios

1


‍Institute of Chemical Technology | IRADA — Project Mantra

2


10 000 ft.

Student Researched And Designed
Hybrid Propulsion

Monash University | MONASH HPR — Project Meridian

1


‍ ‍University of Sydney | USYD ROCKETRY — Project Galah

2


‍ ‍RMIT | HIVE — Project Horizon

3


4

10 000 ft.

Commercial off the Shelf Propulsion

‍ ‍Australian National University | ANU Rocketry — Project Tempest

1


‍ ‍Adelaide University | Adept Rocketry Division — Project Kronos

2


University of Technology Sydney | UTS Rocketry — Project Shingleback

3


University of Auckland | UARC — Project Ururangi

4


Queensland University of Technology | QUTAS — Project Lanius

5


University of New South Wales | UNSW Rocketry — Project Shadowfax

6


Western Sydney University | WSU Rocketry — Project Pathfinder

7


University of Waikato | WAIKATO ASTRONAUTICS CLUB — Project Te Hōkioi

8


Katestart University | STEAK — Project TENDER I

9


30 000 ft.

Commercial off the Shelf Propulsion

‍ ‍University of Waikato | WAIKATO ASTRONAUTICS CLUB — Project MOA

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‍ ‍University of Queensland | UQ SPACE — Project Mugara

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Industry Awards*

ASCENT “IT’S NOT ROCKET SURGERY” AWARD ‍- UNSW - Project Shadowfax

NORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE‍ ‍- University of Auckland - Project Ururangi

LEAP AUSTRALIA/PDS VISION AWARD FOR COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS - University of Sydney - Project Galah

AWARD FOR INNOVATION - University of Sydney — Project Galah

AWARD FOR BEST NEW TEAM ‍- University of Auckland — Project Ururangi

AWARD FOR SPORTSMANSHIP‍ ‍- RMIT - Project Horizon