Upcoming Launch Schedule

ROCC 2023-2024 Launch Schedule:

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

Apr. 20, 2024 (21st very doubtful due to rain)

May 18 & 19, 2024

Jun. 15 & 16, 2024 (Field Permitting)

Here are some other launch opportunities in our area:

ICBM & ROSCO, better known as South Carolina Rocketry, 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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Wednesday
Dec042013

Great ISON comic...

DateWednesday, December 4, 2013 at 8:54PM

Well, while we were waiting to fly last week comet ISON, the visitor from the ort cloud, came by and paid the sun a little visit... you might have read about it.  Some of you may remember that I've referenced Randall Monroe's online comic XKCD here before and he's got a great take on ISON here. XKCD is a great example of a really smart person with a wicked sense of humor and WAY too much time on his hands. He's also got the site "What If...", a kind of web-based, mister wizzard meets agony-aunt column where he solves questions posed by readers involving physics, math, science, and outrageous attention to detail.

There's also a thought provoking XKCD on habitable planets that may be in our "back yard", and it gets you thinking. It's here.

Remember, December's launch window will be here before you know it... get crackin'!

dr

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