Propulsion programme
Engines
Student-researched and designed propulsion systems built to establish advanced liquid-engine capability in Ireland.
Race2Space · 2026Engine 01
Ireland's first additively manufactured liquid rocket engine
Luin of
Celtchar
A 2 kN liquid bi-propellant engine designed and built by HiPR's student propulsion team. Luin pairs an additively manufactured AlSiMg chamber with machined aluminium hardware.
Across five hotfires at Race2Space 2026, it ran repeatedly at nominal conditions and survived 150% of nominal chamber pressure, earning Best Newcomer.
- Thrust
- 2 kN nominal
- Specific impulse
- 212 s peak average
- Chamber pressure
- 20 bar nominal
- Combustion efficiency
- 97%
5 successful hotfires · 2.9 kN / 30 bar maximum
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