Material Girl
"Cause we are living in a material world, and I am a material girl..."
GTXR's fourth rocket, Material Girl, launched from the FAR launch complex in Mojave, CA on July 8th, 2023. Powered by two P-class SRAD (Student Researched and Developed) solid rocket motors, she utilized design and manufacturing improvements gained from our experience with Mr. Blue Sky to reach higher altitudes and achieve Q-class total impulse. Material Girl was simulated to reach an apogee of 220,000 feet, although due to issues with staging, her nosecone deployed immediately, and hot-staging began at takeoff. Due to these issues, Material Girl reached an apogee of 30,000 feet, attesting to GTXR's propulsive capabilities in spite of our avionics setbacks.
Vehicle Timeline
Estimated Launch
July 2023
Launch Date
July 11, 2023
Mission Log
Vehicle | Est Launch | Launch Date |
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Live and Let Fly | July 2025 | |
Strange Magic | Oct 2024 | |
Fire on High | July 2024 | 07/13/2024 |
Megamind | Feb 2023 | 04/23/2023 |
Gru | Feb 2024 | |
Material Girl | July 2023 | 07/11/2023 |
Mr. Blue Sky | July 2022 | 07/06/2022 |
Rubberband Man | June 2021 | 06/29/2021 |