The Mission
One beginner. One satellite. One shot at orbit.
StarSeek is a public experiment: can someone with zero rocketry experience teach themselves enough to reach orbit? This is the plan.
The Goal
Put a satellite in orbit
Orbit isn't about going up — it's about going sideways fast enough that you keep missing the ground. That takes roughly 28,000 km/h, and a vehicle that can survive getting there.
The target: a small satellite, self-built or kit-based, placed into low Earth orbit by a rocket I designed and launched. If it phones home from space, the mission is complete.
Why I'm Doing This
Because nobody said a beginner could
The space industry can feel like a closed club of PhDs and billion-dollar budgets. I want to find out how far curiosity, persistence, and public learning can actually go — and bring everyone watching along for the ride.
The Approach
How you eat a rocket-shaped elephant
One bite at a time, in public, with a parachute.
Start embarrassingly small
Cardboard tubes and hobby motors before anything serious. The first goal is simply to launch and recover something safely.
Earn every certification
Level 1, then Level 2 high-power rocketry certifications — the legal and practical gateways to bigger motors.
Master the hard parts
Avionics, recovery, staging, guidance. Each is a project in itself, learned one failed test at a time.
Reach for orbit
A small satellite and a vehicle capable of the velocity to keep it up there. The hardest thing an amateur can attempt.