who we are

The student led 501(c)(3) nonprofit Harlem Launch Alliance Inc is a collection of over 40 students from City College of New York's Grove School of Engineering and Division of Science dedicated to the pursuit of experimental rocketry.

From walks of life as varied and dynamic as the City itself, the members of the HLA work as one everyday to bring aerospace, and its soaring sense of optimism, to the city and its neighborhood of Harlem.

what we do

The HLA engages in the field of collegiate experimental rocketry. Through iteration and experiment, novel design and trial, the engineers and scientists of the HLA design and manufacture rockets and their engines for flight in the skies above White Sands Missile Range at the annual Spaceport America Cup.

​The City College of New York became the first college from New York City to launch an experimental sounding rocket on June 24th, 2017 at the first annual Spaceport America Cup. The CX-3E flew to approximately 10,500 feet before breaking up after a recovery system anomaly shortly after reaching apogee.