The SPIRIT II Rocket launched successfully on October 3rd 2003 at 10:30 A.M. The rocket reached an appogee of 125 km and was successfully recoverd from the Atlantic ocean. The launch successful launch of this rocket was largely due to the countless man-hours put in by many dedicated students.

The rocket's mission was to take wind measurements in the upper atmosphere in order to study atmospheric dynamics. The rocket had a total of five experiments: an integrated electron count (IEC), a direct current probe (DC probe), a trimethyl aluminum chemical release (TMA), a chaff experiment and a GPS sphere. More information on these experiments can be found under the Experiments Group webpage.

Student's are now beginning the post-launch phase of the project where all the data analysis occurs. SPIRIT II students and SPIRIT III students will be working together to analyze the data as the SPIRIT III rocket project kicks off.