Seoul National University Rocket Team · Per Ardua Ad Astra

HANARO

The first Korean university team to verify a complete flight sequence.

HANARO has built and flown its own rockets at Seoul National University since 1995. We show every phase of every flight, including the parts that went wrong.

See the flight record

Sponsored by Hanwha Aerospace · Innospace · PDK · SPACE solution

The team around IDENTITY² on the launch rail, on the runway at NURA 2026, ridgelines behind — Pad preparation · NURA 2026

Who backs us

Four companies already said yes.

Hanwha Aerospace, Innospace, PDK and SPACE solution support the team in more ways than funding alone. We would not fly without them, and every result on this page belongs partly to them.

Flight record

Two vehicles. Nothing left out.

The two sequences below are not the same claim. HARANG 2 closed all six phases inside one flight. IDENTITY² closed all nine across a test campaign, which is a lower bar, so it is labelled as one.

HARANG 2

Verified

IREC 2025 · Spaceport America · Single stage

9,137ft

Apogee

Measured

10,000ft

IDENTITY²

Verified

NURA 2026 · Two stage · 9 phases

Ignition

OK

Booster burnout

OK

Separation

OK

Sustainer ignition

OK

Sustainer burnout

OK

Apogee

OK

Drogue

OK

Main

OK

Recovery

OK

Booster parachute, NURA 2026

Early

Nine of nine phases verified Test campaign

Deviation On the NURA 2026 competition flight, the first-stage booster’s parachute deployed earlier than expected.

496m

Apogee

Measured

2,329mm

Length

Confirmed

85mm

Diameter

Confirmed

800g KNSB

Propellant

Confirmed

The booster parachute came out early on the NURA 2026 flight. Every other phase closed, and the sequence was verified across the test campaign.

IDENTITY² climbing off the rail, smoke column vertical beneath it, team watching from the apron — IDENTITY², off the rail · NURA 2026

IDENTITY 3: Block 2

In build

Fin control · In design

Block 2 adds active fin control. The vehicle corrects its own attitude in flight instead of relying on fixed fins and the angle of the rail, which is the difference between a vehicle that is aimed and one that steers. It is in design now.

Sponsor HANARO

Every vehicle HANARO has built

The programme

Thirty-one years, without a gap.

1995

Founded

Confirmed

31yrs

Continuous

Confirmed

110

Current members

Confirmed

Most university teams last about as long as the students who started them. HANARO has run since 1995 and is on its next vehicle now.

In build IDENTITY 3: Block 2, in design. Fin control.

A team member in a HANARO shirt and hard hat on the apron, watching the pad down the runway — Waiting on the pad · NURA 2026

The team

All of it built by undergraduates.

110 members at Seoul National University. The team is based in Aerospace Engineering and draws members from departments across the university. It designs its own airframes, mixes its own propellant, and flies what it builds. Nothing on this page was made by a contractor.

Team members crouched around an airframe section, a laptop and a checklist, working through pre-flight — Pre-flight checks · NURA 2026

Sponsorship

Your mark, on everything we fly.

Sponsor marks go on the airframe, on the launchpad, on the shirts the team wears daily, and on this page. We post our sponsors from @snu_hanaro.

Airframe Printed on the vehicle that flies
Launchpad On the rail and ground equipment
Team shirts Worn daily, and at every launch and test
Instagram Launch posts from @snu_hanaro
This page Named in the sponsor row above

Sponsor HANARO.

Sponsorship covers materials, machining, and range costs, and it can be cash or it can be parts. Tell us what you make and we will tell you what we need and where your mark goes. We will work out the placement with you before anything is printed.

Four fields. No deck required.

Email: ghyuk.lee@snu.ac.kr
Instagram: @snu_hanaro
Reply time: We reply within three days.
Address: Building 31, Seoul National University
1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu
Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

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