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Individual - $10
Family - $20

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Non-members may launch for free at two of our launches. After that, a limited membership costing $5 will be required.

About Us

We have been in existence since 2000. From 2000 to 2007 we were the Fermilab Association of Rocketry. In 2008 we changed our name to Prairie State Rocketry. Our current launch site is a farm in Dekalb, IL.

Upcoming Launch

November, 22nd
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Waterman, Illinois

Map to the site     Local weather

Weather permitting, our launches are the second Saturday of each month.

Saturday’s launch postponed

I am afraid we are going to have to postpone our launch scheduled for tomorrow until June 17th. The reason for the postponement is we don’t want to damage the crops out in Waterman, so we are going to move the June launch to the sod farm out in Newark. When we setup the schedule we did not plan on moving the June launch to the sod farm, so for the last week and half we have been trying to get in touch with the sod farm owner to get permission to use the field. Bill Stearns has called multiply times and left messages but we have not heard back from the owner yet.
We will continue to try to get in touch with him in an attempt to add a June launch to the sod field.

I apologize for the postponement

Published: June 9, 2023 | Comments: 0

June launch location

Currently our June launch is scheduled to be located in Waterman, IL. This could change due to status of the crops in the field. So stay tuned I will update when I have an answer.

Dennis McAuliff
Prairie State Rocketry – President

Published: May 15, 2023 | Comments: 0

Next Club launch

Our next club launch will be May 13th. The launch will be out in Waterman, IL. from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm.

Published: April 18, 2023 | Comments: 0

March launch canceled

Due to the forecast of rain and snow tomorrow we are canceling our March 25th launch our next launch will be April 8th.

Published: March 24, 2023 | Comments: 0

March launch rescheduled

Our March 18th launch has been rescheduled due to the forecast of winds in excess of 20 mph. We have rescheduled the launch for March 25th.

Published: March 17, 2023 | Comments: 0