• 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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This has not been a great year for rockets and a lot of us have had to find some other venues to fill our rockerty void. I wanted to share an email from a young rockteer and his mom that I think you will enjoy reading and will want to visit the website that they shared.

"Hi,

I hope the day is going great! I just wanted to get in touch with the Tripoli-Colorado team on behalf of my son, Aidan, because you've been such an awesome help with his Space Exploration merit badge for Scouting America. One of the requirements he needs to complete is to build, launch, and recover a model rocket, which he's very excited about! While researching the hobby and how to get started, we came across your club's links page, www.tripolicolorado.org/links/links.html and we really appreciated all the helpful information it shared. Thank you so much!

Aidan also had the wonderful idea of passing along another resource he thought was useful. It's www.elevators.com/lift-off-model-rocket-maintenance-and-technology/ and it covers everything from the history and safety of model rockets to construction, the science behind them, and some fun facts.

He thought it could be a nice addition to your page, especially for people who are just getting started with model rockets. If you end up using it, I'd love to be able to tell Aidan! I know he'd get a kick out of seeing something he found actually make it onto the site to help other beginners out. And I'm sure he'd be pretty happy to show his merit badge counselor too!

Please let us know what you think if you have the time!

All the best and enjoy the rest of your day,
Aidan and Alice Schorr

 

 

Chris Cooley

Prefect Tripoli Colorado  TRA 19952

303-408-5223

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Join us for the 20th annual All Colorado Rocketry Family Banquet and Hero Awards. The banquet will be on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at Maggiano's Little Italy in the DTC from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

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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 afternoon! Let's talk about last year and what's coming up this year.

Directions to Maggiano's (opens a new window to Google Maps)

As always, we will be conducting the ever-popular prize raffle at the dinner. Raffle tickets can be bought at the event for $5 each.

You may pay for your banquet in one of several ways: we prefer pre-payent online with your credit or debit card via PayPal, but you can also pay by cash, check, or credit/debit card on the day of the dinner. 

If you plan to go, please RSVP by clicking the "I want to go!" button below
and fill out the form.

Please submit this form even if you plan to pay on the day of the banquet so we will have an idea how many will be attending.

 


Pre-pay for your banquet here
(optional, but highly recommended!)

Clicking one of the buttons below will open a new window at PayPal, where 
you can change the quantity of the items in your shopping cart. When finished,
you can complete the checkout at PayPal to pre-pay for your dinner.

Prices include tax, tip and (non-alcoholic) beverage
and one raffle ticket per registered person.

Adult (12+): $60.00
Child (5-11): $30.00

Click the "Continue Shopping" button to add different items.

 

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