In an effort to make our next rocket even bigger and better than our previous ones, we designed Ringo III. It was our first rocket made almost completely with an SRAD carbon fibre aerostructure. Ringo III launched on August 20th, 2024, at Launch Canada 2024. It reached speeds up to Mach 1.66 (2000km/h). It was awarded 1st place in the Basic Category and won the team 1st Overall for the first time in our history.

Building on the proven design of Ringo II, Ringo IIB optimized every aspect of STARR's 10k COTS rocket architecture. Improved manufacturing techniques allowed the team to cut unnecessary mass while retaining necessary strength of the vehicle. Ringo IIB launched on June 19th, 2024, at Spaceport America Cup 2024. Reaching 9,964 ft AGL with a fully nominal flight and recovery, Ringo IIB achieved 3rd in the 10k COTS category, and 6th overall in STARR's first appearance at this international competition.

Ringo II showcased STARR's improved technical capabilities with a deployable payload and an aerostructure made in-house. On August 30th, 2023, 2:04:30 EST, Ringo II successfully launched to 9841 ft AGL at the 2023 Launch Canada Competition in Timmins, Ontario, winning second place in the Basic Category and first place in the Payload Design Challenge. Ringo II also had a spectacular recovery story like no other, winning the Fairytale Recovery Award. Stay tuned for more updates, Ringo II will return...

Ringo I was the University of Alberta's first sounding rocket that competed in the inaugural 2022 Launch Canada Competition. The launch vehicle employed a dual event recovery system and was propelled to 10,671 ft on August 2nd, 2022. Members of STARR worked and designed the rocket throughout the 2021-2022 academic year and was awarded first place in the Payload Design Challenge and top 5 in the Basic Launch Challenge. Ringo I went on to launch successfully, becoming the second ever amateur experimental rocket launch on Canadian soil.