Roel Eerkens

Co-founder
T-Minus Engineering B.V.

Roel Eerkens Graduated from Delft University of technology with a master’s in aerospace engineering. Just before graduation co-founded T-Minus Engineering B.V. with Mark Uitendaal, Hein Olthof and Eric Smit in 2011. Lost a rocketry hobby and gained a Job. First European SME that launched a commercial rocket to space.

Focus within T-Minus is on Business development and project management.

Since the start of T-Minus the focus has been on sounding rockets for the space research community. In the last five years T-Minus has added defence as a sector of interest. One of the key points within the business is that an existing business relation is more valuable compared to a new one and prides itself on keeping relationships with customers for years on end.

T-Minus its focus is on suborbital rockets, for scientific research and development. In the defence domain on RED-BMD the representation of an adversary to train, develop and validate BMD capabilities.