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Texas Rocket
Launches
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February 18, 2019
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Presidents
Day
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February 23, 2019
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  Bowie/Del Valle High School
Junior ROTC Model Rocketry Competition - 8 AM to Noon
The Alamo Rocketeers will be providing safety oversight
and event judging.
Sign up for Range Duty on our Facebook
event page
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March 1 - 3, 2019
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National
Association of Rocketry (NAR) Convention (NARCON)
at Cape Canaveral, Florida
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March 2, 2019
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    Alamo
Rocketeers' NAR Model Rocket and HPR Launch at
the South
Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, TX - 9
AM to 2 PM - Weather
This is a
family-friendly NAR model rocket and HPR launch.
Rocketeers of all ages and levels of experience are
welcome. The FAA waiver is 13,500 feet and motors up
to K impulse are allowed. Certified commercial
motors only and no research motors. TARC teams are
welcome. This is an active
airport and ALL direction
signs must be followed especially those near the
active runway. When approaching the runway all
traffic must stop and not proceed until directed
by airport safety personnel. There
will be a debrief at El
Restuarante Azteca on K Street in Hondo
immediately after the launch. If you are coming
to the launch, please sign up on our
FaceBook Event page. Club members please sign up
for RANGE
DUTY HERE |
March 3, 2019
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Dallas Area Rocket Society (DARS)
Model Rocket launch in Arlington,
Tx - 10 AM to 2 PM - map and
field information |
March 16, 2019
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 Alamo
Rocketeers' NAR Model Rocket Launch at the Kitty Hawk Flying Field in
Garden Ridge, Tx 9 AM to 1 PM - Weather
Fliers
of all experience levels are welcome. There are no
fees or membership requirements but we gladly accept
donations to cover the field use fee.
There will be a "debrief" at Grumpy's
Mexican Cafe immediately after the launch.
Sign
up on our Facebook Event page is you are coming
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March 20, 2019
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 Spring or Vernal Equinox
An equinox is commonly regarded as the instant of time
when the plane (extended indefinitely in all directions)
of Earth's equator passes through the center of the
Sun.[3] This occurs twice each year: around 21 March and
22–23 September. In other words, it is the moment at
which the center of the visible Sun is directly above
the Equator. In the northern hemisphere, the equinox in
March is called the Vernal or Spring Equinox; the
September equinox is called the Autumnal or Fall
Equinox. However, because the Moon (and to a
lesser extent the other planets) cause the motion of the
Earth to vary from a perfect ellipse, the equinox is now
officially defined by the Sun's more regular ecliptic
longitude rather than by its declination. The instants
of the equinoxes are currently defined to be when the
longitude of the Sun is 0° and 180°.[4] There are tiny
(up to 1¼ arcsecond) variations in the Sun's latitude
(discussed below), which means the Sun's center is
rarely precisely over the equator under the official
definition. The two understandings of the equinox can
lead to discrepancies of up to 69 seconds. On the
day of an equinox, daytime and nighttime are of
approximately equal duration all over the planet. They
are not exactly equal, however, due to the angular size
of the Sun, atmospheric refraction, and the rapidly
changing duration of the length of day that occurs at
most latitudes around the equinoxes. The word is derived
from the Latin aequinoctium, from aequus (equal) and nox
(genitive noctis) (night).
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March 23, 2019
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San Antonio Mini Maker Faire at the Central Library from
11 AM to 3 PM.
Club members please sign up for booth duty on our Facebook
event
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April 6, 2019
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Alamo
Rocketeers' NAR Model Rocket and HPR Launch at
the South
Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, TX - 9
AM to 2 PM - Weather
This is a
family-friendly NAR model rocket and HPR launch.
Rocketeers of all ages and levels of experience are
welcome. The FAA waiver is 13,500 feet and motors up
to K impulse are allowed. Certified commercial
motors only and no research motors. TARC teams are
welcome. This is an active
airport and ALL direction
signs must be followed especially those near the
active runway. When approaching the runway all
traffic must stop and not proceed until directed
by airport safety personnel. There
will be a debrief at El
Restuarante Azteca on K Street in Hondo
immediately after the launch. If you are coming
to the launch, please sign up on our FaceBook
Event page. Club members please sign up for RANGE DUTY HERE |
Sunday
April
7, 2018
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Next to Last Chance TARC
Qualification launch at Kitty Hawk
Flying Field in Garden Ridge - Noon to 4 PM - Weather
Please
sign up here if you plan on being at this launch:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2349656725302812/
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Monday
April 8, 2018
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Absolute Last Chance TARC
Qualification launch at Kitty
Hawk Flying Field in Garden Ridge - Noon to 4 PM -
Weather
Please
sign up here if you plan on being at this launch:
https://www.facebook.com/events/696097477429312/
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April 18-21, 2019
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 Thunda Down Under 2019
is like no other event you have ever seen!
Rocketeers from all over the world will come to
Australia and compete against each other to see who can
launch their rockets the highest and the fastest!
Rockets (big and small) some 30 ft tall, will be
launched reaching speeds up to 4,500km p/h as they
hurtle towards the edge of the atmosphere. Thunda 2019
will see launches from participants from New Zealand,
USA, India, Germany, Netherlands, England, Japan and our
very own Aussie Rocketeers plus, this year, Thunda 2019
welcomes the best of the Australian Youth Aerospace
Association (AYAA) as they invite Universities to
compete in the inaugural Australian Universities Rocket
Competition (AURC). This family event has rockets,
fireworks, firewalls, parachute displays and aerobatic
flights. There is something for everyone at Thunda
Downunder 2019, you can even build and launch your own
rocket! Come along and camp out, enjoy rockets by day
and fun entertainment at night.
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April 27, 2019
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Cub Scout Pack 226 Rocket Day. Location and time to be
determined later.
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May 4, 2019
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Alamo
Rocketeers' NAR Model Rocket and HPR Launch at
the South
Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, TX - 9
AM to 2 PM - Weather
This is a
family-friendly NAR model rocket and HPR launch.
Rocketeers of all ages and levels of experience are
welcome. The FAA waiver is 13,500 feet and motors up
to K impulse are allowed. Certified commercial
motors only and no research motors. This is an active airport and ALL
direction signs must be followed especially those
near the active runway. When approaching the
runway all traffic must stop and not proceed until
directed by airport safety personnel. There
will be a debrief at El
Restuarante Azteca on K Street in Hondo
immediately after the launch. If you are coming
to the launch, please sign up on our FaceBook
Event page. Club members please sign up for RANGE DUTY HERE |
June 1, 2019
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Alamo
Rocketeers' NAR Model Rocket and HPR Launch at
the South
Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, TX - 9
AM to 2 PM - Weather
This is a
family-friendly NAR model rocket and HPR launch.
Rocketeers of all ages and levels of experience are
welcome. The FAA waiver is 13,500 feet and motors up
to K impulse are allowed. Certified commercial
motors only and no research motors. This
launch will feature a robotics demo and a CanSat
launch by teams from UTSA. A crowd of 200+
people is expected, so arrive early to get a
good parking spot. This
is an active airport and ALL
direction signs must be followed especially those
near the active runway. When approaching the
runway all traffic must stop and not proceed until
directed by airport safety personnel. There
will be a debrief at El
Restuarante Azteca on K Street in Hondo
immediately after the launch, please RSVP here if you
plan to attend the debrief. If you are coming to
the launch, please sign up on our FaceBook
Event page. Club members please sign up for RANGE DUTY HERE
or Crowd
Control
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June 7-9, 2019
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NAR National Sport Launch at Lucerne Dry Lake,
California
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July 27-August 3, 2019
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NAR Rocketry Festival 2019 & NARAM-61 at
Muncie, Indiana
Click
here for a PDF file about this event.
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August 29 to September 2, 2019
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LDRS 38 hosted by Kloudbusters
(Tripoli Kansas#34) at Argonia
Kansas
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Texas
Rocket Club Launch Windows (Check Club
websites for details)
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1st Saturday
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Austin
Area Rocket Group at Hutto
Tripoli Research launch (winter) or Apache Pass (summer)
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1st Saturday
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NASA/Houston Rocket Club at JSC - NAR
High Power
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2nd Saturday
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South
Texas Aerospace Club at Beeville Municipal Airport -
NAR
High power
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2nd Saturday
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Tripoli
Houston Rocket Club at Hearne
Municipal Airport - Tripoli Research
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3rd weekend
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Alamo
Rocketeers at the Kitty
Hawk Flying Field - NAR
Model Rockets , alternating 3rd Saturdays and
Sundays - See schedule above
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3rd Saturday
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Boots
& Chutes at Hutto,
Texas - NAR Model rockets - 10:30 PM -
1:30 PM
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3rd Saturday
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NASA/Houston Rocket Club at JSC - NAR
High Power - September through May
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