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Founded in 2016, Cowboy Rocketworks is a part of the OSU Space Cowboys, to promote student excellence and provide the university with a unique resource through High Power Rocketry (HPR). The team fosters an environment where students from any background can develop technical skills by mentoring and assisting members as they work their way up the HPR certification system. Cowboy Rocketworks internationally represents the university through participation in intercollegiate design competitions, giving members applied experience in project development, teamwork, and leadership. Collaboration with the OSU Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI) and other University departments allows the team to contribute to leading-edge research and development on campus actively. Each year, we assist dozens of students in gaining their first rocketry certifications and have around 30 members actively working on competition and research projects.
Helping students get their foot into the door of High Power Rocketry by achieving their Level 1 personal certification is one of the primary areas of focus for Cowboy Rocketworks. The team assists with construction, simulation, and motor selection for all new members. Unfortunately, the average cost to construct a Level 1 rocket is around $150, which provides a significant barrier to entry for many aspiring rocketeers. Your support will allow the club to cover this cost and help us to grow the rocketry community at Oklahoma State.
This year, Cowboy Rocketworks is participating in two of the largest and most prestigious rocketry competitions in America. In April, the team is looking to reclaim our title as the Argonia Cup champions, launching a two-stage rocket over 9,000 feet and aiming to recover a golfball payload using a spring-loaded drone. In June, we travel to New Mexico to attend the Spaceport America Cup, the largest intercollegiate rocketry event in the world. We plan to fly to 10,000 feet on a rocket demonstrating the new manufacturing capabilities of the campus, carrying a scientific payload from the university. Your generous gifts allow us to cover the costs for registration, motors, materials, transportation, and lodging for these competitions.
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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!!