• Terry blasting off
  • Bdale setup
  • Ernie blasting off
  • Terry setting up
  • Ernie and kids
  • Setting up Monster

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Welcome to Tripoli-Colorado

At Tripoli-Colorado, High Power Rocketry begins at 8,800 feet! We are Prefecture #11 of the Tripoli Rocketry Association, an organization dedicated to designing, building and flying high-power rockets. Come fly with us at our launch site near Hartsel, Colorado.

Our waiver (with launch windows) allows flights up to 14,200 ft AGL.

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Next Event

Our next event Is Sunday, June 25.
 
Some special guests are scheduled to attend!:
 
  • Mike Kunetka a former prefect of Tripoli Colorado has a memorial launch in honor of Jeff Karpenske.
  • Jeff's wife Sally.
  • Sharon Hodges, hope she brings some research motors!

I will be on site at 7 AM. We should be set up and ready to launch at 8AM. Our normal altitude is 7,000 AGL and we can get windows to 14,200 ft AGL. Please let me know when you arrive if you will be needing a window. We usually launch until we are out of rockets or it becomes too windy. I would say it averages out to about 2 PM.  

As always there is no camping on site. There is usually camping available at 11 Mile and at the Chapparal general store and campground. 
 
You can monitor the launch situation here or at Tripoli-Colorado Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/118340628179345 
 
Any last minute calls will be made Here with the Thumbs up Thumbs down.
 
John Jamieson
Prefect Tripoli Colorado

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Join us for the 15th annual All Colorado Rocketry Family Banquet and Hero Awards. The banquet will be on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Maggiano's Little Italy in the DTC from 1pm to 4pm. This has become a very popular event every year so everyone in our rocket family can get together when we are not prepping and flying rockets. All are welcome to join in this celebration of rocketry in Colorado. Bring your family and friends for a fun evening! Let's talk about last year and what's coming up this year.

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Here are the 2016 Tripoli-Colorado club officers. Please thank them for their support and efforts!

  • Prefect - John Jamieson
  • President - Mike Gerschefske
  • Secretary/Treasurer - Terry Lee
  • Waldo - Dave Tjarks

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Tripoli-Colorado's "Fall Frenzy" launch is this weekend, Saturday, Sepbember 20 and Sunday, September 21. COSROCS will be joining us and we will have the Alpha Mass Ascension launch, also known as the AMA. So if you have an Alpha of any size, bring it. Because who doesn't have an Alpha!

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