Building a Rocket Engine from the Ground Up: Hybrid Rocket Development at SpaceRyde

SpaceRyde is a Canadian orbital launch company building a novel small satellite launch system. Founded in 2018, SpaceRyde's rocket will launch from a stratospheric balloon platform to provide low cost, individual launches to small satellite customers. As part of this novel launch vehicle system, SpaceRyde is developing the world's first hybrid rocket engine for an orbital vehicle. This presentation will tell the story of building a rocket engine from the ground up, and the challenges the team has faced along the way.