Countdown to launch

SystemsGo was designed with the intent to help students get hands-on experience in rocket science and Fredericksburg High School is a member of the organization.

04/26/2023 02:16 PM (update 07/21/2023 01:19 PM)

Fredericksburg High School students compete with other SystemsGo rocket teams to launch unmanned rockets up to a mile high. – Standard-Radio Post/Brent Burgess

SystemsGo is a high school rocketry/aero science curriculum that uses projects to teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics. FHS students get the chance to design and develop unmanned aerial vehicles, or rockets. More experienced students build rockets capable of launching payloads up to 100,000 feet for collaborative research.

Rockets 2023 is launch day for FHS students, as it is the culminating event of the SystemsGo program. The goal for students is to design, build and launch rockets with the goal of lofting a one-pound payload one mile high, or exceed the speed of sound.

Liftoff day for Fredericksburg is May 4-6 in Stonewall at 2187 Double Horn Road. A livestream link will be available, with information to be released later.

Other launch sites include Jal, New Mexico, Jack County in North Texas and Smith Point in Southeast Texas.