Less Time Building. More Time Exploring STEM.
Make every minute of your STEM program count with the Orbitron™ Flight Data Classroom Kit. Combining beginner-friendly model rockets, digital flight data collection, and a reusable launch system, this comprehensive bundle gives educators an exciting way to bring physics, engineering, and scientific inquiry to life.
Unlike more complex rocket kits that require extensive construction time, the Orbitron™ features a straightforward assembly process that helps students get their rockets prepared for flight quickly. That means less classroom time spent on construction and more time dedicated to developing hypotheses, designing experiments, collecting measurements, and discovering the science behind rocket flight. It's an ideal solution for teachers, summer camps, after-school programs, and youth organizations looking to maximize hands-on learning.
Orbitron™ Bulk Pack (12 pk): Built for Discovery
The Orbitron™ Bulk Pack includes 12 futuristic model rockets designed to make group rocketry activities accessible and engaging. With a beginner skill level, students can gain valuable experience assembling their own rockets without the complexity of more advanced builds, allowing educators to shift the focus toward scientific experimentation and data analysis.
Each Orbitron™ features a transparent payload compartment that opens the door to hands-on investigations. Students can carry lightweight experimental payloads, explore how different variables affect flight performance, and use onboard sensors to gather real measurements. The rockets are capable of reaching altitudes up to 950 feet on a D12-7 engine and feature an 18-inch parachute recovery system that supports repeated launches and continued experimentation.
With 12 rockets included, educators can organize students into collaborative research teams, assign different experimental objectives, and encourage students to compare findings across multiple flights.
C11-3 Engine Bulk Pack: Power 12 Classroom Launches
Give your students the thrill of seeing their experiments take flight! The included C11-3 Engine Bulk Pack provides the propulsion supplies needed for 12 Orbitron™ launches, including 12 C11-3 engines, starters, plugs, and recovery wadding.
With enough engines for every rocket in the bulk pack to complete an initial flight, educators can coordinate group launch activities that reinforce scientific observation and experimental design. Encourage students to predict flight behavior, document launch conditions, and compare their expectations with actual flight data. Every countdown becomes an opportunity to put classroom concepts to the test.
Lifetime Launch System: A Lasting Investment in STEM Education
Designed for the demands of repeated classroom use, the Estes Lifetime Launch System provides a dependable foundation for your rocketry program. Featuring a heavy-duty launch pad, adjustable launch rods, and the Pro Series II™ Launch Controller with a 30-foot cable, this system is built to support hands-on learning year after year.
Backed by a lifetime limited warranty, the Lifetime Launch System is more than a component of this bundle. It's a long-term teaching resource that can support additional rocketry lessons, future student groups, and a wide variety of compatible Estes model rockets.
PocketLab® Voyager Sensor: Transform Rocket Flights into Real Scientific Data
Watching a rocket soar into the sky is exciting. Discovering exactly what happens during its flight takes the learning experience to another level. The included PocketLab Voyager Sensor allows students to collect real flight measurements and investigate the forces and physical principles that make rocketry possible.
Equipped with multiple sensing capabilities, the PocketLab Voyager measures acceleration, angular velocity, magnetic fields, altitude, temperature, light intensity, and more. Students can use the PocketLab Notebook platform to visualize and analyze recorded data, identify patterns, and connect their findings to concepts such as Newton's Laws of Motion, G-forces, gravity, and flight dynamics.
Compatible with Chromebooks, iPads, laptops, and other Bluetooth 4.0 devices, the Voyager integrates into technology-equipped learning environments. By turning rocket flights into measurable experiments, students gain practical experience with data interpretation, critical thinking, and the scientific method.
Go Further with Mini Missions: Flight Data Sensing
Take the learning experience even further with the recommended Mini Missions: Flight Data Sensing lesson plan. This engaging STEM curriculum provides educators with a structured path from foundational engineering concepts to advanced flight data investigations.
Students begin by exploring the engineering design process through simple balloon rocket challenges, investigating Newton's Laws of Motion and discovering how design modifications influence acceleration and G-forces. As their understanding grows, students advance to designing their own payload experiments, 3D printing sensor sleds, and using digital sensors to collect and analyze real rocket flight data.
Paired with the Orbitron™ Flight Data Classroom Kit, this lesson provides a meaningful progression from introductory experimentation to authentic scientific investigation. Students don't just learn about the principles of flight. They apply those principles, test their ideas, and use real evidence to explain their results.
Give your students an experience that brings classroom science to life and builds the confidence to think, experiment, and problem-solve like real aerospace engineers.
