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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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Rockets 2023 Southeast Texas/Smith Point Launches Thursday Recap

Southeast Texas Rockets started off Thursday in Smith Point. After a rainy and stormy set up day on Wednesday, we enjoyed partly cloudy skies, and a breeze for most of the day. It was humid and steamy, and puddles riddled the site, but it was still a manageable weather situation for the launches. The drawbacks for the day were that we started off with the Internet and the port-a-potties still MIA…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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April 28, 2023, Thursday, Opening Day of Rockets 2023 in North Texas

Rockets 2023 opened today at the North Texas launch site in Jack county. Five schools were slated to test a total of 20. Of those, two moved to the Central Texas Launch next week and 18 were tested today here in North Texas. It was a long day. The final rockets did not reach Stage 3 until early evening. Morning launch start times are generally hopeful estimates, contingent on clearances from…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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Rockets 2022 Continues with Central Texas/Stonewall Launch Starting Tomorrow, Thursday, May 12-Saturday, May 14, 2022

The Central Texas Launches sail into the skies over Stonewall, Texas starting tomorrow, May 12, 2022. This is last in the series for the Tsiolkovsky and Oberth level vehicles of the Rockets 2022 season. This site is in its third active year at the Sammy Segner Ranch in Stonewall, Texas. The Central Texas Launch is the longest running venue of the #TexasRocketTrail, with 20 plus years and in four…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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April 29, 2022, Rockets 2022 North Texas/Jacksboro Friday Launch

Friday, Day 2, and the final day for North Texas Rockets 2022 launch series was mission complete by 3:54 this afternoon, with all rockets launched. 18 rockets from five different schools left the rails today. These schools included Buinger HS, Petrolia HS, University HS, Birdville HS, and RL Turner HS. Recovery dropped from three teams to two today, but they still managed to recovery 15 of…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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April 29, 2022, Rockets 2022 North Texas/Jacksboro Friday Launch

Friday, Day 2, and the final day for North Texas Rockets 2022 launch series was mission complete by 3:54 this afternoon, with all rockets launched. 18 rockets from five different schools left the rails today. These schools included Buinger HS, Petrolia HS, University HS, Birdville HS, and RL Turner HS. Recovery dropped from three teams to two today, but they still managed to recovery 15 of…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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April 28, 2022, Thursday, Opening Day of Rockets 2022 in North Texas

Rockets 2022 opened today at the North Texas launch site in Jack county. Four schools were slated to test a total of 21 rockets, originally, but ended the day with 22 rockets launched. Carroll HS aborted one and Henrietta HS brought their two today instead of tomorrow, creating the difference in the schedule. It was a long day, as intermissions were also long with a lot of down time early on.…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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North Texas Launch Site Rockets 2022 Wednesday Set Up

The SystemsGo team and volunteers spent Wednesday traveling to the site in North Texas, near Jacksboro in Jack County, and then transforming the Brown and Thornton family ranches into a launch site, Stages 1 and 2 check in stations, and Event parking areas once again for this year’s 2022 NTX launch. Most preparations were completed today. Only a few last minute tasks are left for Thursday…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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Rockets 2022 Rides the Skies Again at the North Texas Launch Site in Jacksboro, Launches Commence Thursday

The SystemsGo program continues this week in North Texas at Jack County for the Rockets 2022 launch line up. This is the third operating year at this venue. Jacksboro is the first of three Texas launch sites for the junior level rockets. There are currently 42 schools participating in the three Texas launches, with a total this year of 127 rockets. New Mexico and Colorado have joined the lineup…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Rockets 2021 Southeast Texas/Smith Point Launches Friday Update

Friday morning was an early one. Chita Craft and her Channel 11 News crew covered an early launch while reporting the weather from the site. Students from Anahuac were interviewed before launching Rocket 100, which they had built. It was a successful launch, although the chute did not deploy, and it landed ballistic about 150 feet from Recovery Team 4, (Steve and Myself). It was completely dug…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Rockets 2021 Central Texas/Stonewall Soggy Saturday Evening Launch Report

Today was the third day of launches at Stonewall for Central Texas Rockets 2021. Weather was again the issue of the day. Rain delayed the start again for the second day. Stages 1 and 2 which were able to continue getting all the rockets through checks. Unfortunately the same could not be said for Stage 3 checks as they were stalled several times for weather. Because of this some teams did not…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Rockets 2021 Central Texas/Stonewall Belay Those Friday Launches

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Dedication to Dayni Alba

This year’s season is dedicated to former SystemsGo operative and friend, Dayni Alba. Dayni spent many years with the launch teams working the Fill and Fire box. This will the groups’ first season without her. A banner in her honor will fly at each launch this season. Ride the skies Dayni, you are loved and missed. Dayni’s companion, Sky Bleu, was given to Joyce Abbey at Dayni’s passing so that…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Rockets 2021 Southeast Texas/Smith Point Launches Saturday

Saturday was a super slow day for launching. Only two had been tested by 11:30. And they were still the only two by 4:11. There were still 5 and one possible relaunch trying to qualify through Stages 1 and 2. The evening became longer yet. At 4:16 the rocket #123 rework/relaunch was the first to return to Stage 3. Others were very slow to follow. At 6:15 #123A finally went for its relaunch…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Rockets 2021 Southeast Texas/Smith Point Launches Thursday Recap

The Southeast Texas/Smith Point testing site had it’s first day of launches today. Originally 41 vehicles were scheduled for testing by 20 schools at this site. Testing days are May 6-8, with a rain contingency day to be used only if needed on May 9. The schedule for today slated five schools launching 12 rockets. This quickly dropped to four schools and 5 rockets for today. Their is a seventh…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Rockets 2021 Central Texas/Stonewall Ended Today, Sunday, With a Weather Makeup Day

The Central Texas/Stonewall launch hit its final day in this series for the Rockets 2021 season, today. This day was not originally on the schedule but added due to inclement weather on Thursday and Friday to allow schools another launch option if they could not complete theirs due to the bad weather. Only one school, Georgetown High School chose this option. They had four rockets to test today.…

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gigijb1969 · 3 years

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Tomorrow, Thursday is Opening Day for Rockets 2021 at the Central Texas/Stonewall Launch Event

The fun starts tomorrow for Central Texas/Stonewall Rockets 2021! This launch is second in the series for the Rockets 2021 season. Twenty schools with a docket of 71 rockets are scheduled for the location. Schedules for the daily line up could waffle around some due to the possibility of rain and storms in the area through Thursday morning. The current Thursday schedule boasts seven schools and…

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