About SEB

 

A rocket team with a dream!

Co-founded in October 2016, Space Enterprise at Berkeley (SEB) is a student-run liquid-fueled rocket team dedicated to achieving spaceflight and developing rocket technologies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Despite being relatively young, SEB is one of the most ambitious university rocket teams in the world. Over the past few years, SEB has launched multiple test-bed rockets and has amassed extensive technical knowledge and hands-on skill in various rocket subsystems, including composite airframe manufacturing, in-flight data acquisition, and propulsion.

SEB currently holds the UC Berkeley record for speed and altitude, set by our LAD-4 “Updog” test-bed vehicle, which launched in March 2020. Learn more about LAD-4, the first and only supersonic vehicle built by a UC Berkeley student team, here!

Aside from our rocket projects, SEB takes pride in its inclusive, diverse, and friendly team culture. It is one of the few student organizations on campus that maintains open admission policies for interested students - that is, it does not screen students by resumes, majors, or prior engineering-related experience. SEB firmly believes that commitment and a willingness to learn new skills and have fun are the most important factors for success. To that end, the team dedicates itself to mentoring newcomers and transforming them into experienced veterans, while fostering valuable friendships along the way.

 
 

Technical Programs

 

Eureka Program

Eureka is SEB's primary rocket program, with the stated aim of sending Eureka-3 beyond the Kármán Line. The first rocket of this series, Eureka-1, launched successfully in December 2022, reaching an apogee of 11,000 feet. Eureka-2 was launched soonafter in February 2024, reaching an apogee of 16,000 feet. SEB is currently developing rockets on the ramp up to the Eureka-3, which is planned for 2026.

  • December 2022: Eureka-1

  • February 2024: Eureka-2

  • 2026: Eureka-3

 

Low Altitude Demonstrator Program

On our way to the Kármán Line, the Low Altitude Demonstrator (LAD) program aims to develop and test critical rocket technologies at a smaller scale. Unlike the Eureka program, the LAD program is a series of solid rockets that leverage the cost-savings of commercial solid motors to rapidly test, fly, and iterate upon various avionics, structures, and recovery subsystems that cannot be verified on the ground. Through refinement by the LAD program, SEB seeks to ensure that its more complex and expensive liquid-fueled rockets can fly predictably and recover safely.

  • November 2018: LAD-1

  • April 2019: LAD-2

  • March 2020: LAD-4 and LAD-4.1:

  • June 2021: LAD-4.1

  • March 2022: LAD-5

  • April 2022: LAD-7

  • June 2022:LAD-8 

  • September 2022: LAD-8.1

  • October 2022: LAD-8X

  • October 2023: VLAD

  • December 2024: LADHAD

  • March 2025: LADHAD-2

 
 

We are an ASUC sponsored Registered Student Organization (RSO).