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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Saturday
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New Years UPDATED

DateSaturday, January 2, 2021 at 1:25PM

Updating now that the rain's stopped, we got just over a half inch (0.6") of rain over the last 36 hours, most of which fell late yesterday and into the night. Even though today is going to be dry and partly sunny there's roughly another .5 inches of rain predicted, starting at about 8 PM tonight and ending about 3 AM tomorrow. 

With that much more rain and with its timinjg we are NOT going to fly Sunday, 1/3. Sorry folks but ya can't fight the weather no matter how much we'd like to. 

See you all in a few weeks, 1/16 & 1/17. 

dr

I've been looking at the weather forecast for the upcoming new years weekend and it's been getting worse, since the rain is now pushed back to Friday and now the start of Saturday.
Here's the outlook:
Thursday, 12/31, 1/2" of rain; Friday 1/1, another 1/2" of rain;, Saturday 1/2 morning, another 1/4" of rain.
Earlier this week it was concentrated in Thursday and Friday morning, now it's lasting longer and moving toward the Friday Saturday time frame.
I will check the rain gauge that's down the road from the launch site on Thursday and Friday to see if we could pull of a Sunday launch but I'm fairly certain that Friday and Saturday are going to be a washout, with doubts about Sunday being dry enough on the field.
That makes our next Midland launch opportunity likely to be 1/16 & 1/17.
dr

 

 

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