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Rutgers AIAA RPL wins Second Place in the 45k Multi-Stage Category at the International Rocket Engineering Competition

The Rutgers AIAA RPL team won second place in the 45k multi-stage category at the 2025 IREC competition held June 9-14, 2025 in Midland, Texas. RPL had the highest altitude of all IREC competition flights: 37,719 ft ASL. Their award was for placing in one of the most difficult categories in this international competition.

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The Rutgers AIAA RPL is advised by Prof. Edward DeMauro and co-advised by Prof. Steven Berg. RPL would also like to thank the support of the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium.