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Hello everyone!
As you may know, on March 25th and 26th we attended the 6th annual Argonia Cup!
The Cowboy Rocketworks Pad Team with our Argonia Cup rocket: "Rapid Scheduled Assembly"
This was the first year that the requirement for a two-stage rocket was added to the challenge requirements. We were glad to be among the teams that had successful and fully recoverable single-stage launches, but unfortunately, we ran into a major malfunction that prevented our second stage from igniting. We were able to diagnose and resolve the issue (Our stage ejection charge had blown the second stage ignition connection right off!), but unfortunately weren't able to get in another launch within time.
We congratulate the SWOSU Rocket Dawgs, the only of the 13 teams who attended this year to have a qualifying two-stage launch, who won the Cup with a score of -239,556 points!
We're looking forward to the next competition on our schedule this year, the Spaceport America Cup coming up this June, as well as the opportunity to win back OSU's title as the Argonia Cup champions next year!
Thank you so much for your support, Ad Astra and Go Pokes!
The heart of Cowboy Rocketworks is developing our members through their personal rocketry certification. We strive to help our members accomplish their L1 certification flight, which typically reaches 1000 ft. Your gift will cover the cost of general supplies such as epoxy, sandpaper, mixing cups, and more for the construction rockets!
An L2 flight reaches above 2500 ft. A gift of $25 will help cover the costs of critical rocket components such as parachutes, shock chords, blast protectors, and avionic bays for our launches!
5000 ft is our target altitude for Argonia Cup and Spaceport America test flights. Every $50 dollars we raise is enough to fully cover the cost of an L1 motor for our members to launch with!
7500 ft is the altitude our recovery vehicle will deploy at the Argonia Cup competition. $75 dollars helps us purchase raw materials to manufacture, in-house airframes and fins!
10,000 ft is the target altitude for our rocket at the Spaceport America Cup. A gift of $100 help's us cover the registration fees for the event this June!
15,000 ft is the highest our team can fly at OSU's Flight Field. $150 dollars covers the cost of a typical L1 kit for our members, starting them on their rocketry journey!
25,000 ft is the target altitude for our test flight of a research rocket we are designing to exceed Mach 3! A gift of $250 helps cover the cost of L2 motors required to conduct successful test launches!
50,000 ft is the altitude waiver of the airspace we regularly fly in throughout the year! A gift of $500 covers the cost of our motor for the Spaceport America Cup, and other high-power flights! $500 dollars also covers the cost for Rocketworks research and competition airframes!
328,000 ft is the altitude to the Karman Line, the barrier between Earth's Atmosphere and Space. Cowboy Rocketworks one day hopes to design and launch a rocket to break this barrier, pushing the boundaries at Oklahoma State. $3280 dollars might not be enough to build a space-shot rocket, but will certainly lay a strong foundation to develop the Cowboy Rocketworks program for years to come!!