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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