Tripoli Upper Michigan – supports the Kingsford High School High Power Rocketry Program with launches of student rocket projects at its launches. Projects are flown by Tripoli member(s)

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Because of the risk of fire Skidmark motors will not be launched.

Aerial Map of the launch site – Groveland Mine and weather

Please check back for launch information Launch on June 12^th could be cancelled because of high fire danger in the area.

Launch Dates 2010.

The following dates have been approved

Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 10:00 CST

Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:00 CST

The Groveland Mine launch site is near Randville, Michigan. It is about 19 miles from Kingsford or Iron Mountain. Click here for directions to the mine launch site. The rocket on the map indicates the launch site

Directions to Launch from Green Bay, Wisconsin

New Tripoli Certification Rules

Launch Information Flyer

Pictures of the launch site

Hotels

Campgrounds

Wisconsin Rocket Clubs

Tripoli Wisconsin –Launches at Bong recreational Area near Kenosha, Wisconsin

WOOSH – NAR - Launches at Bong recreational Area near Kenosha, Wisconsin

Lakeshore Area Rocketry Society – They hold rocket launches near Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Fondulac, Wisconsin.

Kingsford High School Rocket Stories

Kingsford Rocketry Program in Michigan in Space – News Letter of the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

2008 News Letter See Pages 6 and 7

2007 News Letter See Page 35

Dickinson-Iron-Menominee Science and Math Story on Kingsford’s Rocketry Program - October 2008

Dickinson-Iron-Menominee Science and Math Story on Kingsford’s Rocketry Program - 2006

Kingsford High Power Rocketry Presentation at NACRON 2004

Article in Encyclopedia of Chemistry on Rocketry by Bill Bertoldi

National Association of Rocketry’s Cannon Educational Award Winners in 2005

First Bowling Ball Rocket Launched In Wisconsin

Upside on WLUC TV6 story

Kingsford Rocket Program was featured in October 2008 on WLUC TV 6’s Upside Segment. This segment features programs that have a positive effect on life in Michigan Upper Peninsula. Click here to see the Upside story

WLUC TV 6 – September 2008 launch story

First Nations Indian Launch story

How does the MSGC attract and retain students in STEM disciplines through a

progression of educational opportunities See page seven for a letter from a former Kingsford Student Anthony Santi

Thanks to the following for their help and support

Funding from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium , David Pasahow of Blue Line Advisors, people in our community and staff members of Kingsford High School make the Rocketry Program at Kingsford High School possible.

Thanks to Steve Gussert for the making and the donation of a new launch system

Jeff Zimber of WOOSH for the donation of an altimeter for our students to use

Wildman Rocketry for their help and support of the program

To the Felch Fire Department for the fire truck and personal that attend the launch, with out them no launch would be possible.

The Daily News for their coverage in the Daily News

WLUC TV 6 for their coverage of our launches

Rocket Launch Videos

See the launch of Mr. Bertoldi’s 62 pound, V2 rocket on August 19, 2006 with Tripoli Wisconsin

September 2008 rocket launch

Kingsford High School’s High Power Rocketry Program is funded by the following sources:

Grants

Donations from People

Refusal of the advisor’s salary so that it can be used to fund the program

Special Kingsford High School Rocket Project

This rocket is a half scale Nike Apache two stage rocket. It is half the size of the two Nike Apache rockets that flew from Copper Harbor in January of 1971. It will be flown in the fall of 2010 or the spring of 2011 to mark the 40^th anniversary of Rockets being flown to outer space in Michigan. This happened at the Keweenaw Missile Range near Copper Harbor. More information on the Keweenaw Missile Range and the launches can be found here

http://www.gt.org/keweenaw-rocket-base/

This is a half scale Nike Apache rocket. This will be painted to look like the two stage rockets that flew in Copper Harbor to outer space in 1971. We are in the process of building the rocket to mark th 40 anniversary of the launch. Our students took part in the placing of the maker there in 2000. The marker can be seen at http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2V7K The rocket is 8 inches in diameter in the booster, 3 inches in diameter in the second stage. The upper payload section of the rocket is 4.5 inches in diameter. The combined height of the rocket is 14 feet. This rocket will be painted to look just like the two launched in Copper Harbor and will fly in the Fall or 2010 or Spring of 2011 to mark the 40^th anniversary of Michigan sending a rocket to space.

Picture of a Nike Apache rocket launched to outer space from the Keweenaw Missile Range in January of 1971

Aerospace Programs in Michigan

Michigan/Air Force Center of Excellence in Electric Propulsion At Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University’s Aerospace Enterprise Team

University of Michigan’s Aerospace Program

Wisconsin and Upper Michigan High Power Rocket Launches for 2010

Tripoli Wisconsin Launches are at the Richard Bong Recreational Area near Kenosha, WI Information on the Richard Bong AFB	WOOSH Launches are at the Richard Bong Recreational Area near Kenosha, WI Information on the Richard Bong AFB	Lakeshore Area Rocketry Society	Tripoli Upper Michigan Launches are at the Former Groveland Mine Near Randville, Michigan	Tripoli Minnesota
Saturday, January 9, 2010	Saturday, January 23, 2010 9:00 to 3:00 This event will be held upon approval and is not scheduled with the Park authority. Check back with this calendar event for updates.		Saturday June 12, 2010 at the Groveland Mine	Launches typically take place on the second Saturday of the month during launch season, which in Minnesota is typically May through November
Saturday February 20 2010	Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:00 to 3:00 This event will be held upon approval and is not scheduled with the Park authority. Check back with this calendar event for updates.		Saturday September 25, 2010 at the Groveland Mine
Saturday March 20, 2010	Saturday March 27, 2010 9:00 to 3:00 This event will be held upon approval and is not scheduled with the Park authority. Check back with this calendar event for updates.
April 17 and 18	May 22 and 23 (NOON till Dusk both days to avoid conflicts with dog trials with live ammo
May 1 First Nations Launch Tribal College High Power Rocket Launch Competition Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium College Rocket Competition entries can be stated simply as: Engineering teams will compete to design a single stage, heavy-lift rocket with the goal of reaching an altitude of at least 1500 ft. with the largest mass on a K1100 rocket motor Only student launches will happen. No other Launches	June 12 and 13
June 19	July 31 and August 1
July 24	August 28 and 29
August 21	September 18 and 19 Set up is to be farther East by the Technical ponds
September 25 and 26

Regional and National Launches

Tripoli Indiana (TRA #132) and the Indiana Rocketry Society (NAR #711) Regional Launch in Battle Ground, Indiana.	Tripoli Indiana (TRA #132) and the Indiana Rocketry Society (NAR #711) are pleased to invite you to our first annual REGIONAL rocket launch at our Ash Grove launch field (near Battle Ground, Indiana) on Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The waiver for the launch is 16,000 feet MSL with optional windows to 20,000 feet. This is a commercial launch only. Low, mid and high power fliers, families, and spectators are welcome to attend. Portable sanitary facilities will be provided; food and rocketry vendors will be in attendance. Please see our website: http://www.indianarocketry.com for more details as we continue to develop our plans.
LDRS	The next LDRS, LDRS 29, will be hosted by the Rocketry Organization of California (ROC) at Lucerne Dry Lake, in Lucerne Valley, California, from June 10-15, 2010. ROC is one of the largest and most active Tripoli Prefectures, and is no stranger to hosting large launch events. ROC's twice-yearly 3-day ROCstock events are among the largest regional launch events held in the United States, and LDRS 29 marks the third time that ROC has been selected to host LDRS. (ROC hosted LDRS 20 at Lucerne Dry Lake in 2001, and hosted LDRS 26 at Jean Dry Lake, in Nevada in 2007.)
NAR National Sport Launch	White Sands, Alamogordo, New Mexico May 29 – 31, 2010
NARAM	Colorado is hosting the 2010 NARAM-52 (52nd National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet) which will be a Tribute to William S. Roe. We'll use the S.C.O.R.E. (Section #632) launch site which is located on the Hudson Ranch 17 miles SW of Pueblo, CO. The official dates are from July 30 (friday) through August 6 (Friday), 2010. The host hotel is the Pueblo Clarion Inn. William S. Roe Jr. was instrumental in helping G. Harry Stine found of the NAR, was the original president of the Peak City Section, and was Contest Director at NARAM-2 (and NARAM-11). 50 years later we honor his memory. If you were a member of the original Mile-Hi or Peak City Sections, please let us know.
Midwest Power	This national launch occurs near the end of October in Princeton, IL
Eat Cheese or Fly August 28 and 29, 2010 Richard Bong Recreational Area – Kansasville, Wisconsin