BOHEMIA, NY - Dayton T. Brown, Inc. (DTB), today announced its sponsorship of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Rocket Development Lab and the Cygnus Suborbitals team’s mission to design, build, test, and launch the Deneb rocket as their senior capstone project. DTB currently works on various rocket and launch programs in today’s Space race; this sponsorship reinforces DTB’s commitment to future growth and tomorrow’s leaders within this burgeoning marketplace.

The goal of the project is to fly to 30,000 feet. The projected height for the Deneb rocket based on preliminary flight models is 360,000 feet, which, if obtained, will set a collegiate record. The rocket design passed Critical Design Review and is in final testing. Students from Embry-Riddle’s Prescott, AZ campus are on schedule for rocket launch in April 2023 in the Mojave Desert.

The Deneb rocket launch is the second of a four-block rocket launch plan within The Mountain Spirit program whose mission is to build a single vehicle that uses both solid and liquid rocket propulsion systems. Each block has served as a capstone project for graduating aeronautical engineering students.

“We are excited for the Cygnus Suborbitals team and we’re proud to play a small role by supporting the next generation of aeronautical engineers who will work within industries important to our future growth,” commented Jim Kelly, President at DTB. “This effort supports our core value of acting with the future in mind, whereby through purposeful investments, employee engagement, and thoughtful advocacy, we build better communities and embrace plans for future space exploration,” he concluded.