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.