Launch History

The goal of maintaining a launch history is to keep a chronology of lessons learned from each launch, as well as documenting successes, failures, and keeping a log of last-minute fixes (which may need to get implemented into official checklists or may necessitate a change of design).

The individual launch pages should contain photos, description of off-nominal procedures (as well as the procedures followed during the launch, if possible), notable events, as well as lessons learned for the relevant sub-teams.

2022-12-03

MINDI First Flight

FAR, Cantil, CA

14325 ft

2022-09-17

Pinkbeary First Flight

FAR, Cantil, CA

2377 ft

Motor

Summary & Notable Events

2021-06-19

Bear Force One First Flight, FAR 1030 2021

FAR, Cantil, CA

10163 ft

M2500T

Nominal flight, successful main and drogue deployment. First place in the COTS 10k category for the FAR 1030 competition.

2020-02-15

AirBears Second Flight

TCC, Del Norte, CA

7752 ft

L1150R

Nominal flight, successful main and drogue deployment. Successfully located with GPS data from Avionics payload.

2019-11-16

AirBears First Flight

TCC, Del Norte, CA

4509 ft

K805G

Nominal flight, successful main and drogue deployment. Carried payloads from the Payload and Avionics sub-teams.

2019-04-20

Avionics Test Launch

TCC, Del Norte, CA

4572 ft

J450DM

Successful launch of Sub-Arktos, with custom avionics payload. First launch with TCC.

2018-03-25

FRR Re-re-flight, NASA SL 2018

SARA, Marana, AZ

L1030

Rapid unscheduled disassembly of Arktos, but successful parachute deployment and recovery.

2018-03-10

FRR Re-flight, NASA SL 2018

LUNAR, Farmington, CA

L990

Arktos main parachute failed to deploy.

2018-02-03

FRR flight, NASA SL 2018

LUNAR, Farmington, CA

5362 ft

L730

Arktos parachutes failed to deploy.

2017-12-09

CDR subscale flight, NASA SL 2018

LUNAR, Farmington, CA

4371 ft

J800T

Successful launch of Sub-Arktos.

2017-04-08

Competition Launch, NASA SL 2017

Bragg Farms, Huntsville, AL

4530 ft

L1150R

Last launch of the day at competition (successful launch and recovery).

2017-03-25

FRR Re-re-flight, NASA SL 2017

MDARS, Mojave, CA

3067 ft

L1150R

Successful launch of rebuilt URSA Major.

2017-03-12

FRR Re-flight, NASA SL 2017

LUNAR, Farmington, CA

N/A

L1150R

Rapid unscheduled disassembly of URSA Major.

2017-03-04

FRR flight, NASA SL 2017

LUNAR, Farmington, CA

4541 ft

L1150R

Successful launch of URSA Major but re-flight required for payload requirement compliance.

2016-12-04

CDR subscale flight, NASA SL 2017

LUNAR, Farmington, CA

4633 ft

J800T

Successful launch of URSA Minor with video footage obtained from Raspberry Pi.

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