The Great Annual Rocket Launch of 2022 (GARLO 2022) will be held at Dodds Park in Champaign on Saturday, July 2, 2022 from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM. (Rain date is a week later, on July 9.) As usual, we

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Unfortunately, it looks like Mother Nature will frustrate local viewers who want to view tonight's total lunar eclipse. The eclipse will peak about 10:30 PM CDT, but the forecast for that time include

Still lots of soccer ⚽️ players on the field. No need to hurry to get to the launch. - GDS Get Outlook for Android

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The weather is looking good, so we will meet as scheduled at 12 noon at Dodds Park for our launch. - GDS Get Outlook for Android

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We have a rocket launch planned for tomorrow, Saturday, May 14, at Dodds Park in Champaign. We'll meet at 12:00 noon, probably in the north half of the soccer field parking lots, to begin setting up.

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To aid in finalizing your weekend plans: For the third time in a row, the forecast is not looking very favorable for our launch this Saturday (5/14/2022) at Dodds Park. ----- Saturday - Showers likely

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At 10:00 AM, it was 63F in Rantoul, with light rain and a SSE wind at 16 mph, gusting to 25 mph. It won't surprise anyone to hear that today's launch is canceled. We'll try again in two weeks at Dodds

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We have a rocket launch planned for tomorrow, Saturday, April 30, at the Rantoul Aviation Center. Directions to the launch site can be found at http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#rantoul Due to tomo

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We have a launch scheduled on Saturday, April 30 at the Rantoul Aviation Center. To help you plan your weekend calendar, here's a preview of the weather outlook for that day. In short: It's not lookin

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Reminder - there will be no launch tomorrow (Saturday, 4/23/2022). Instead, we will try again next Saturday, 4/30/2022, at the Rantoul Aviation Center. The forecast for tomorrow includes a strong sout

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The forecast for our upcoming launch day this Saturday (4/23/2022), although warm, includes extremely strong, gusty winds. Since the chance of acceptable weather seems slim, we have decided to resched

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You know what they say about Central Illinois weather. At 11:00 AM, winds in Rantoul were 19 mph, gusting to 27 mph, with a ceiling at 4,200 feet. These are outside our limits for safe flying, so relu

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At 10:00 AM, it was 42°F in Champaign, with clear skies and a WNW wind at 16 mph. (I'm not sure what happened to the overcast that was predicted last night ...) But the forecast predicts gustier winds

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We have a rocket launch planned for tomorrow, Saturday, April 9, at the Rantoul Aviation Center. Directions to the launch site can be found at http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#rantoul We'll probab

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I’ll bring a projector, screen, speakers and laptop tonight. If you have any photos or videos to show to the group, please bring them on a USB drive. - GDS

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I wish! Actually, it was cold and windy, although the sun was shining. We were all freezing and packed up about 3:30 PM. - GDS

At 8:00 AM, it was 29°F in Decatur, with clear skies, and a northwest wind at 13 mph. Although far from perfect, these conditions are acceptable for flying, so we will meet as planned at the Forsyth s

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We have a rocket launch planned for tomorrow, Saturday, March 27, at the farm field along Schellabarger Road near Forsyth, Illinois. Directions to the launch site can be found at http://www.ciarocketr

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Just a reminder that this weekend's launch near Forsyth has been rescheduled for Sunday (3/27), due to predicted clouds and very high winds on Saturday. We'll plan to meet for setup at 10:00 AM. The f

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The forecast for this Saturday (3/26) predicts very strong winds, but the outlook for Sunday is a little better. Therefore, we are moving this weekend's launch to Sunday, March 27. Setup will start at

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