Timeline
Fall '22
Ilaria founds the Rocketry Club
After years of rocketry with her family, and also living in Texas🇨🇱🤠, Ilaria decided to bring her passion and knowledge to BSS. This is the start of our journey to become the next generation of young women to break barriers in STEM!
02/02/23
Rocketry Club at the Club Fair
Ilaria tries to convince the students of BSS to join the Rocketry Club. We thought it was cool so we did.
BEST. DECISION. EVER!
30/03/23
First Club Meeting
"It's been a little while in the works, but I'm so happy to announce out first meeting!"
                                                              - Ilaria Hobbs, March 2023
03/05/23
First Launch
After a lot of rocketry lessons, we finally got to see everything in action! The team spent a cold and rainy couple of hours at Winston Churchill Park watching two low-power rocket flights (both nominal) and also learned how to punch each other.
May/June '23
Our First Custom Rocket, Patrick
Designed in OpenRocket, then laser cut in the BSS Design Tech Lab, Patrick Star was the Rocketry Club's first non-kit rocket. Patrick was originally designed way to big in proportion to his Estes C-63 motor, and in simulation flew only 3.6m. After adjustments, Patrick was predicted to fly 50m with his 5 pentagonal fins. He stood 32 cm tall. Unfortunately, to this day Patrick never launched, but he might one day!
08/06/23
Second Launch
Launching kits @ Winston Churchill Park. Guess what it was raining again
August '23
The BSS Rocketry Team Instagram Account is Created
Follow us at bishop_strachan_rocketry_team
13/09/23
First BSS Launch Canada Team Meeting
The Rocketry Club is now known as the official BSS Rocketry Team. Launch Canada 2024, here we come!
06/10/23
Website Goes Live
This website, that you are on right now, was launched at this date! How cool is that!?!? A website for a high school rocketry team!
13/10/23
Official Registered in LC 2024
First ever highschool team and the first all-girls team to register in Launch Canada.