Ph-ADDU Rocketry Team 2024

The first and sole PHL rocket this year, it was ready yesterday, 21 June 2024, but weather was a major consideration.

“Strong winds yesterday and rains and clouds today” were not at all ideal flight conditions, Engr. Ramon Gregorio III, PHL team faculty technical adviser said.

The PHL team rocket lifted off when rains stopped. Called Sibol (Filipino for growth), the 9.7-foot rocket surged 10,000 feet up as required and arced, heading back to earth with its payload of 8.8 pounds.

Spaceport USA directors called it “a great achievement” for a first-timer team.
“It was a clean and powerful launch from an M2100 motor,” Rodion M. Herrera said. Herrera is a rocket enthusiast and a former college faculty member at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU).