Beach Launch Team is a university student group at Cal State Long Beach dedicated to designing, building, testing, and launching liquid fuel rockets.
Welcome to the Facebook page California State University Long Beach's rocket and space program. We originally stem from a previous rocket program known as California Launch Education Initiative (aka CALVEIN) that was founded by the school and a private company called Garvey Spacecraft Corporation (now known as Vector Space Systems) in 2001. During the majority of our history, we were funded via commercial, government, and academia contracts.This is our first year designing, developing, and building a rocket for the purpose of competing. The competition that we will be entering is called the FAR/MARS prize competition and it is being co-hosted by the Friends of Amateur Rocketry and the Mars Society.
Our core team consists of about 19 students in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, computer science, and chemical engineering. The rest of the team consists of 20 assistants and new members.
Our program has been and is dedicated to building only liquid fuel rockets and this is what has allowed our school to stand out from the rest of the university rocket clubs which primarily do solid fuel rockets. We are divided into seven groups: avionics, propulsion, engine, structures, recovery, launch control, and GSE.
Currently, most of the team members here at CSULB completing there undergrad or graduate degree.
Below are the names of the team officers:
Cristian Acosta, Co-Project Manager/Engine
Hector Felix, Co-Project Manager/Avionics
Andy Nguyen, Structures
Carlos Sanchez, Structures Assistant
Xan Balayan, Structures Assistant
Derek Honkawa, Propulsion
Daniel Perez, Propulsion Assistant
Josh Wong, Propulsion Assistant
Tim Debus, Recovery
Francisco Mendez, Recovery Assistant
Frank Meono, Launch Control/Software
Manny Ceballos, Launch Control/Software/Avionics
Henry Pham, Structures Assistant
Scott Chau, Engine Assistant
Lizette Hacia, Engine Assistant
Filipe Coehlo, Technician
Juan David Lopez, Webmaster
To become the first university in the world to launch a rocket into space while advancing rocket technology for the benefit of mankind.
First LOX/Methane rocket engine ever flown.
First aerospike rocket engine ever flown.
