03/04/2026
By Lynne Schaufenbil

The UMass Lowell Rocketry Club (Joshua Barosin and team) is building and flying a rocket and the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology (LoCSST) designed/built Kiwi satellite inside the rocket will be collecting data. Sunip Mukherjee and his team are hoping to get a live telemetry during flight. It will record acceleration, rotation, magnetic field, temperature, pressure and altitude.

The launch will take place on Monday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be on the same field Robert Goddard flew the first Modern Rocket 100 years ago, which is now the Pakachoag Golf Course. The town of Auburn is expecting this to be a large event, and they have done a safety plan for at least 10,000 people! We do not know yet if there is a set launch order, but Josh is estimating a 1-2 p.m. for UML to fly!

The Rocketry Club is planning to use two Go pros for slow-motion footage from the pad of launch and liftoff, and at least three club members with good DSLRs will use for stills so stay tuned for footage and photos of this exciting event! Josh has also been working on getting UML Rocketry streaming for their launches.