UK Amateur Rocketry Firsts

Please note: This table does not yet include rockets from amateur rocketry groups such as the Spacequest Foundation and Dragonfire. As soon as more information is available on these amateur rocketry group's rockets, then we will place it here.

Rocket	Organisation / person	Motor type	Motor total impulse	Altitude	Payload	Comments
Spear of Righteous Vindication	M.A.R.S.	Liquid NOx / Solid Acrylic powered Hybrid Rocket, with electrically actuated control valve.	TBC	TBC	Altimeter and Accelerometer avionics.	First amateur hybrid rocket launch in the UK.

UK High Power Model Rocketry Size Records

Rocket	Organisation / person	Length	Motor Impulse
Starchaser 3	Steve Bennett	6.6 metres (22 feet)	7 x AeroTech M-1939 Solid Motors
Starchaser 2	Steve Bennett	6.4 metres (21 feet)	1 x AeroTech M-1939 Solid Motor 4 x AeroTech K-550 Solid Motors
Trinity	Ben Jarvis, M.A.R.S.	5.2 metres (17 feet)	1st Stage: L-1860 Solid Motor 2nd Stage: AeroTech J-570 Solid Motor 3rd Stage: AeroTech J-350 Solid Motor
KevRoc-3	Ben Jarvis, M.A.R.S. Anthony Barton, M.A.R.S. Kenneth Lau, M.A.R.S. Mark Bishop, AspireSpace	4.4 metres (14 1/2 feet)	Solid Motor Cluster: 1950 Newton seconds
Sweet Dreams	Ben Jarvis, M.A.R.S.	3.8 metres (12 1/2 feet)	M-1000 Solid Motor
Kev-Stick	James Macfarlane, AspireSpace	3.7 metres (12 feet)	Solid Motor Cluster
The Beast	John Arthur and Ian Holtham	3.7 metres (12 feet)	Aerotech K-550 Solid Motor
Starchaser 1	Steve Bennett	10 1/2 feet	1 x AeroTech I-284 Solid Motor 2 x AeroTech I-211 Solid Motors 2 x AeroTech H-123 Solid Motors
Nemesis-3	Ben Jarvis, M.A.R.S.	3.2 metres (10 feet)	1 x L-952 Solid Motor
Big, Bad & Beautiful	Anthony Barton, M.A.R.S.	2.4 metres (8 feet)

UK Amateur Rocket Size Records

Please note: This table does not yet include rockets from the Spacequest Foundation and Dragonfire. As soon as more information is available on these amateur rocketry group's rockets, then we will place it here.

Rocket	Organisation / person	Length	Motor Impulse
ASPIRE-X	AspireSpace	6.7 metres (22 feet)
ASRV-1 / ASRV-2	AspireSpace	2.1 metres (6 feet 10 inches)
Deimos-1	MARS	2.0 metres (6 feet 7 inches)
ADV-1	AspireSpace	2.0 metres (6 feet 6 inches)
ASPIRE-1	AspireSpace	1.9 metres (6 feet 2 inches	9100 Newton seconds

Miscellaneous UK Amateur and High Power Rocketry Records

First Onboard Video Camera & Transmitter (RealTime) -AspireSpace / M.A.R.S.

First radio controlled rocket staging system - M.A.R.S.

First 35 mm Stills Camera Payload - Arthur Harrington

First Fin Stabilised Guided Rocket Launch - BRSA

First Exhaust Vane Stabilised Guided Rocket Launch - BRSA

First Hot Gas Stabilised Guided Rocket Launch - BRSA

First Gyroscopically Stabilised, Gimballed Rocket Launch - AspireSpace

First Onboard Avionics System -South Wales Amateur Rocketry Group (SWARG)

First Onboard Digital Flight Computer -AspireSpace

First Functional Lander - Trevor Sproston, The Orbital Mechanics

First Rocket Mail - Paisley Rocketeers

First 2-stage High Power Rocket Launch - Pete Davy

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