Unfortunately Tripoli Minnesota has lost its flying field. The Tripoli Minnesota Board of Directors is hard at work trying to locate a suitable replacement launch site. Sadly this means we do not have a place to launch at this time. Please be sure to check back on this website frequently, for updates. In the mean time checkout what our sister club Tripoli Southern Minnesota has to offer. Their information can be found at www.tsmrockets.com

If anyone has any suggestions for a flying field or knows of any sod farms or people who own farmland that may be suitable for launching, please contact any BOD member using the Contact Us link.

Show your support for Tripoli Minnesota and look good while doing it!

For 2012, Tripoli Minnesota is offering gray T-shirts with the Tripoli Minnesota logo printed on the front, and on the back in COLOR. We also have sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts, and zipper hooded sweatshirts in the color gray with the logo printed on the front and back.

Shirts and sweatshirts must be pre-ordered for guaranteed delivery at the first commercial launch in May.

Please Click Here to print an order form; then mark your order, enclose a check payable to Tripoli Minnesota, and mail to the address listed on the form.

All orders must be received by April 16th.
Thank you for your continued support of Tripoli Minnesota.

Tripoli Minnesota is proud to announce our newest piece of equipment for club members to use. We now have a Garmin Astro handheld GPS unit which can be used to track and locate your rockets. Please read the FAQ for more details.

Tripoli Minnesota was featured in the Sunday July 3rd 2011 StarTribune newspaper.
You can see the full article here.

Take exit 147 off of I-35; North Branch, MN
Go East .6 miles to County Road 30 (Forest Blvd) and turn left
Go North 1.2 miles to 400th street and turn right (turns into a dirt road)
Go East 2 miles to Iris Ave and turn left (dirt road continues)
Take first left, at 402nd Street and follow the dirt road out into middle of the sod field

When you get to the flying field please stay on the dirt road and make sure you DO NOT drive on the Sod Farm's grass.

Thank you.

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Tripoli Minnesota is on Facebook. If your a Facebook user feel free to add us as your "friend". Just go to facebook.com.

Facebook is a great forum to communicate with and discover what your rocket buddies are up to. So make sure you share your rocket news too.
Most upcoming club events are also be posted there.

We've created a group for Tripoli MN on Flickr. You can sign up for a free or Pro Flickr account to share your photos to the group, but don't sweat that, it's easy.  If you don't sign up, make sure to browse the many existing images and those that are posted after each launch.  A flickr link is located on the top right menu for convenience.

On May 24th 2009 Tripoli MN hosted a Research Launch Day that included the largest amateur rocket ever launched in Minnesota. The rocket, Big Yeller, weighed in at 180 lbs, 17 feet tall, with a flight plan expected to reach 14,000-16000 feet. The flight turned out picture perfect on a perfect day with a lot of spectators turning up for this very special event, even when Big Yeller only reached 8,000 feet (because of some unexpected drag at liftoff).

Launch Video 1

Launch Video 2

Big Yeller sunbathing with friends at the August 2008 launch before flying at the May 24th 2009 Research Club Launch.