July 28, 2026 SLRA General Meeting Announcement

The Next SLRA Meeting/Build Session is next Tuesday, June 28th, 2026, at the Sunset Hills Bandana’s BBQ (11750 Gravois Rd, St. Louis, MO 63127) Coordinates 38.53096/-90.38616.

6:00 - 7:00 PM – Rocket Talk Social Hour/Dinner/Build Session
7:00 - ?:?? PM – SLRA Meeting
Post Meeting – More Rocket Talk and Build Session until 9:00 pm 

The meeting location is in the basement of the restaurant.  You’ll need to enter from the back of the restaurant.   We have lots of room to spread-out. There are lots of tables for enabling us to have a coincident Build Session. 

If you have a rocket project you’re working on, bring it to the meeting.  Be sure to bring a table cover (newspaper/poster board) and cutting board to prevent damage to tabletops.   

This is also a great opportunity to bring rocketry-related questions to ask seasoned Low to High Power Rocketeers who will be in attendance. Interested in Competition rocketry, those questions can be answered as well.

Schaefer’s Hobby is nearby as well.   They’re open till 6:00 pm. 

If you’re a member of SLRA and are registered on the website, you can view minutes of previous meetings from our website’s Meeting Minutes Page, the unresolved discussions from our previous meeting will be the basis of our “Old Business” discussion at Tuesday’s meeting.

Happy Rocketeering!!!

Secretary John

Forecast for tomorrow’s launch 7/12/26

Forecast for tomorrow’s launch

Sunday hourly:

7am – Mostly Sunny    70°  (feel like 74°)    N 6mph 

9am – Sunny                   79°  (feel like 83°)    N 7mph 

11am – Mostly Sunny    82° (feel like 92°)   NNE 8mph 

1pm – Moslty Sunny    86°  (feel like 97°)      NNE 9mph 

3pm – Partly Sunny    89°  (feel like 96°)    NNE 9mph  5pm – Partly Sunny    87° (feel like 91°)     NNE 9mph 

Buder Park Launch update

Buder Park Launch update for 7/11/2026. With weather calling for storms, We are moving the Buder Park Launch event to Sunday 7/12/2026. Setup will be 8:30-9:00 with rocket launches to follow.

Sunday forecast:  Partly cloudy. High around 90°F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

Upcoming Tripoli Officer Election

The election for Tripoli prefect and secretary will be coming up during the month of July. (This is separate from the SLRA election of officers and board of directors.) If you are a member of Tripoli, you will need to check a few things to ensure you receive the emails and ballot: make sure your Tripoli profile is associated with SLRA as your prefecture, that it has your correct email address, and that your email address is visible. (You can hide your email address again after the election if you wish.)

  • Log in to https://www.tripoli.org/
  • Click the arrow next to your name in the upper right and select "my member directory listing"
  • Make sure your correct email address is shown under "Contact Information" and St. Louis Rocketry Association is shown under "Prefectures." To correct either of these, use the edit button next to that section.
  • Click the arrow next to your name again and select "profile"
  • Click "edit visibility settings"
  • Make sure one of the options with email is shown, as below, and click save.
  • You should receive an email from me (Dan Crank, danno@danno.org) by July 10 with more information about the election. If you have set up your Tripoli profile as described above and you don't get this email, please email me and I'll help figure it out.

Thanks,
Dan Crank, Tripoli prefecture secretary

Saturday Launch moved to Sunday

Launch update for 6/27/2026

With weather looking better for Sunday, SLRA is moving the event to Sunday 6/28/2026.

Forecast:

Saturday -  30% chances of showers at 8am and 9am and again throughout the afternoon.

Sunday hourly:

7am – Hazy    73°    2mph 

9am – Partly Cloudy    83°    2mph 

11am – Mostly Sunny    89°    4mph 

1pm – Sunny    93°    4mph 

3pm – Sunny    94°    5mph 

5pm – Sunny    92°    5mph 

Launch update for 6/27/2026

We have a Model Rocket launch scheduled for Saturday 6/27/2026. At this time, the forecast is good but will need to keep an eye on the weather. At this point it still looks good and we do have Sunday as a backup.

9 am Cloudy  75°  3 mph NNE

10 am  Mostly Cloudy  76° 3 mph ENE

11 am  Mostly Cloudy  78°  4 mph E

12 pm  Cloudy  79°  3 mph S

1 pm  Cloudy  79°  4 mph SSW

2 pm  Cloudy  80°  4 mph SSE

3 pm  Mostly Cloudy  81°  5 mph SSW

4 pm  Mostly Cloudy  81°  5 mph SSW

5 pm  Mostly Cloudy  81°  5 mph S

June 23, 2026 SLRA General Meeting Announcement

The Next SLRA Meeting/Build Session is next Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026, at the Sunset Hills Bandana’s BBQ (11750 Gravois Rd, St. Louis, MO 63127) Coordinates 38.53096/-90.38616.

6:00 - 7:00 PM – Rocket Talk Social Hour/Dinner/Build Session
7:00 - ?:?? PM – SLRA Meeting
Post Meeting – More Rocket Talk and Build Session until 9:00 pm 

The meeting location is in the basement of the restaurant.  You’ll need to enter from the back of the restaurant.   We have lots of room to spread-out. There are lots of tables for enabling us to have a coincident Build Session. 

If you have a rocket project you’re working on, bring it to the meeting.  Be sure to bring a table cover (newspaper/poster board) and cutting board to prevent damage to tabletops.   

This is also a great opportunity to bring rocketry-related questions to ask seasoned Low to High Power Rocketeers who will be in attendance. Interested in Competition rocketry, those questions can be answered as well.

Schaefer’s Hobby is nearby as well.   They’re open till 6:00 pm. 

If you’re a member of SLRA and are registered on the website, you can view minutes of previous meetings from our website’s Meeting Minutes Page, the unresolved discussions from our previous meeting will be the basis of our “Old Business” discussion at Tuesday’s meeting.

Happy Rocketeering!!!

Secretary John

June 13th launch Cancelled

Due to predicted thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday we are cancelling the June 13th Buder Park launch.

Forcast for Valley Park, MO:

Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.