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gigijb1969 · 10 months

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Rockets 2023-WSMR, Saturday Launch Day Report and Mission Complete with Accolades

Three schools tested rockets at White Sands Missile Range today. Brazoswood, Alamo Heights and Union Grove comprised. Our first T time was at 8:15 a.m. with Union Grove was the rail ready for launch. Ignition was a go, but unfortunately the nitrous valve did not function properly causing the rocket to burn up on the rail. The vehicle sat burning on the rail for around 30 minutes causing…

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gigijb1969 · 10 months

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Rockets 2023 Arrived in Alamogordo, Thursday for WSMR Launches on Saturday

The SystemsGo team left Fredericksburg at in two shifts, one at 6:00 a.m. and the second at 8:30 a.m. this morning headed to Alamogordo, for lodging for White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) rocket launches in New Mexico. Schools from Union Grove, Alamo Heights and Brazoswood also traveled to Alamogordo today to meet and begin preparations for launches this Saturday The early crew, Rebekah Hyatt and…

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gigijb1969 · 10 months

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2023 Marks 25 Years White Sands Missile Range Hosts Student Rockets

2023 is a year of milestones for the Fredericksburg based STEM rocket program beginning with White Sands Missile Range hosting the SystemsGo Rocket Program again for its season end launches. This event marks the 25th year the STEM based program has brought high school seniors to the Army Base to test the program’s highest-level rockets, known as Goddard. It would have marked 25 consecutive years,…

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gigijb1969 · 11 months

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The Texas Rocket Trail 2023 Ended in Southeast Texas/Smith Point Friday

Friday marked the end of the Texas Rocket Trail for Rockets 2023, as the second and final day of launches in Smith Point boasted good weather and a steady line of rockets coming for testing. The original schedule listed 22 rockets for testing, but by day’s end one carryover from Thursday added and 5 vehicles dropped off the docket, leaving only 18 to launch which still creates a full day. Most…

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gigijb1969 · 11 months

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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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Rockets 2023 Central Texas/Stonewall Launches ended today, Saturday, May 6, 2023

Rockets 2023, Central Texas Edition, ended today. The original schedule listed 15 rockets for today. Petrolia HS had two rockets that moved from the launch in North Texas last weekend to this one, and Fredericksburg HS relaunched an earlier rocket that had been unsatisfactory, so that brought totals to 18 for the day. Launching began a 11:41a.m. and ended at 5:35. The team packed up the site…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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Rockets 2023 Friday, May 5, Central Texas/Stonewall Launch Report

Rockets 2023, Central Texas/Stonewall Edition, continued today. The original schedule listed 26 rockets for today. Three rockets aborted, bringing the total launched to 23. Georgetown arrived at Stage 3 first with 7 vehicles, making the first full volley all theirs, with rockets in the air starting at 10:51 a.m. Mission Complete was at 7:07 p.m. It was a slightly longer day today. Tomorrow only…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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Rockets 2023 Central Texas/Stonewall Thursday Evening Launch Report

Today was the first day of launches for the Rockets 2023 Central Texas Launch Event here in Stonewall, Texas. 22 rockets were originally slated for testing. At Mission Complete for the day, 18 were launched, and four were no shows. Recovery retrieved all but three and returned them to the students. Two of the Recovery teams headed up by the launch area landowners were still searching for the…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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4. Rockets 2023 Continues with Central Texas/Stonewall Launch Starting Tomorrow, Thursday, May 4-Saturday, May 6, 2023

The Central Texas Launches sail into the skies over Stonewall, Texas starting tomorrow, May 4, 2023. This is third in the series for the Tsiolkovsky and Oberth level vehicles of the Rockets 2023 season. The Team spent well into the evening today, setting up the launch site out at Sammy Segner’s Ranch on the Double Horn Road today. This included the launch pad, Mission Control, Media stations,…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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Rockets 2023, Friday, Site Set Up Complete and Rockets on the Rail

A 7:00 a.m. call to move out for ABC-1 started the day for all SystemsGo team and schools. The mission, to accomplish all preparations for tomorrow’s launches. All personnel arrived at the site at 8:15 am and quickly began preparations. Scott Netherland, George Burns and Ginger Burow set up the electronics trailer and the fill and fire system. Steve Burow set up the pad, rails and wiring for the…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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3. April 29, 2023, Rockets 2023 North Texas/Jacksboro Friday Launch Update Final Day Report

Friday, Day 2, the final day for North Texas Rockets 2023 launch series was mission complete by this afternoon, by with all rockets launched by 2:45p.m. Eighteen rockets from four different schools left the rails today. These schools included Buinger HS, University HS, BCTAL, and RL Turner HS. Weather for Friday was partly cloudy for most of the day with a threat of severe storms by 3:00 p.m.…

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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 · 1 year

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Rockets 2023, Wednesday North Texas Launch Site Transformation Day

The SystemsGo team and volunteers spent Wednesday at the site in North Texas, near Jacksboro in Jack County, 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 2023 NTX launch. Most preparations were completed today. Only a few last minute tasks are left for Thursday morning, before the…

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gigijb1969 · 1 year

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ROCKETS 2023 Season, Spring Launch Sequence Begins Next Week

Rockets are back for 2023!

SystemsGo Rockets 2023 is counting down to its first launch with T-0 set for early Monday morning in Jal, New Mexico. After launches on Monday and Tuesday in Jal, action will transition to Jacksboro, TX for the Northeast Texas Launches on Thursday and Friday. Central Texas Launches will open in Stonewall the first week in May on Thursday through Saturday, and Smith Point will host the Southeast…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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Rockets 2022-SystemsGo at WSMR Sets a New Altitude Record with Brazoswood High School!!!

Two rockets were up for testing at White Sands Missile Range today. Fredericksburg and Brazoswood compromised the schedule. It was another early morning with meet time at the WSMR Rt 21 gate at 5:00 am. A mishap while driving through the range created the first delay for our day. The Fredericksburg truck and trailer had an unfortunate meeting with an Oryx antelope while traveling along with…

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gigijb1969 · 2 years

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Rockets 2022-WSMR, Saturday Launch Day Report

Three of four schools tested rockets at White Sands Missile Range today. Fredericksburg, Alamo Heights and Union Grove comprised that list. The fourth school, Brazoswood will be first up tomorrow morning. An one hour delay, five minutes before our first T time began a series of events today, that left our clock too short to complete our mission today. Union Grove was on the rail ready for launch…

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