Month: May 2024

May 18, 2024, Annual Meeting, Board of Directors’ Meeting: Minutes, documents now online

The Annual Meeting of the Potomac Bay Estates Property Owner’s Association was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at a residence in the neighborhood as announced several times by blast email to all members and by announcements on this site.

Minutes and documents presented at the meeting are now online on the MINUTES page at this link.  The link will open in a separate tab.  Documents are in .docx, Excel, or .pdf format and can be viewed and/or downloaded.

Upcoming launches from Wallops Island

The NASA Wallops Island installation from which rockets are launched is due east from our neighborhood, across the Chesapeake Bay on the Virginia-Maryland-Delaware Eastern Shore.  When a rocket is launched from Wallops Island, the launch is clearly visible from our neighborhood — best viewing location is on the deck over the Potomac River in the picnic area.

Here is a tentative schedule of launches from Wallops Island.

Mission: RockOn! (RockOn! and RockSat-C student missions)
Vehicle:  Terrier Improved Orion sounding rocket
Date:  June 20, 2024
Time:  Morning, TBA
Location: Wallops Island, Virginia
Visitor Center Viewing Area: Open, time TBA
Livestream: Link to be provided

Mission:  RockSat-X
Vehicle:  Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket
Date:  No earlier than August 13, 2024
Time:  TBA
Location: Wallops Island, Virginia
Visitor Center Viewing Area: Open, time TBA
Livestream: Link to be provided

Here is a link to the Wallops Island schedule website — notice that this site also lists launches NOT FROM WALLOPS ISLAND — be careful  — look at the LOCATION listed for each launch.  Also note that each launch is LIVESTREAMED — take a smartphone with you, connect to the Internet through cell service, and watch the livestream, which includes countdown, etc.

Here is a link to the video of a launch on January 24, 2023,  made by one of our neighbors.