Upcoming Launch Schedule

ROCC 2024-2025 Launch Schedule:

NO launch in May due to the wheat. We hope to fly in June. 

 

 All launches are at the Midland, NC site unless otherwise stated.*

Here are some other launch opportunities in our area:

ICBM & ROSCO, better known as Rocketry South Carolina, flies near Dalzelle, SC., Just NE of Shaw AFB.  More information can be gotten at their site HERE

The Saturn Rocketry Club in Hendersonville is currently switching their launch field. As soon as we know where they land we will post it. Their FB site is HERE

NC Rocketry flies at Bayboro, NC in the northeast part of the state, information is HERE

 Set-up starts at about 9:30, launches commence about 10:30. Field closes about 60 min. before local dusk so we can clean up. Watch the site front page for specifics. Also visit us on FaceBook. You can also check for the FAA NOTAM at https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/nsapp.html#/ and using KCLT (Charlotte) as the location. This will give you the starting and ending times for HP flights. 

* If field is available due to crops, etc.

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Sep082012

A milestone for the truly "geeky"

DateSaturday, September 8, 2012 at 11:47AM

Back in 1977 when the 2 Voyager spacecraft were launched they really weren't supposed to last this long. Really, they were sent on a one way ride and would eventually leave the solar system and be our calling cards to the stars.

Now 35 years later we are still getting science from the project and here's the really cool thing. In recent months the level of cosmic rays striking the Voyager 1 spacecraft have increased steadily. This points to the spacecraft leaving the Sun's heliosphere and entering intersteller space. Since May 2012 the level has almost doubled and this scientists say is a good indication that the Sun's solar wind is now not overpowering the cosmic particles striking the craft.

Wow. Here's a link to more.

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AuthorDOC R. | Comments Off |

Reader Comments (1)

Thanks for the post. All that time and only 17 light hours away, NASA needed V-MAX.

September 11, 2012 | Registered CommenterMalcolm Smith
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