Overview

Estes Industries manufactures model rocket engines, kits, and accessories. Its products work by providing propulsion through solid rocket motors used in hobby rockets; customers assemble kits and attach engines for flights powered by stored propellant that ignites to push the rocket upward. The company differentiates itself by being a long‑running, family‑run business with a strong emphasis on safety and accessibility, serving customers from backyards and schools to broader hobby communities, and maintaining leadership in the model rocket segment. Estes aims to ignite imagination and help each new generation enjoy safe, successful flights, striving to be the best model rocket company on the planet.