Limelight
LAUNCHING IN DECEMBER 2025



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Apogee
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America's largest student-built rocket.

Limelight is MASA’s current project, a new single-stage sounding rocket. It aims to perfect the technology originally used in Clementine, and take MASA higher than ever before. Limelight utilizes a pressure-fed Kerolox system and features custom aluminum propellant tanks, advanced in-house avionics, composite aerostructures, a fully regeneratively cooled engine, and much more. It stands over 23' tall and 13" in diameter, which will break Clementine’s record as the largest student-built rocket in the United States.
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Limelight

Vehicle Overview

Target Apogee50000 ft
Weight at Launch900 lbs
Flight DurationComing Soon!
Burn Duration22 s
MSL Thrust2800 lbf
Max SpeedMach 1.7
Nosecone & Parachutes
Nitrogen COPV
RP-1 Tank
LOx Tank
Fins
Phoenix Engine