Spacely's Sprocket Rockets
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| Spacely's Sprocket Rockets | |
| Location | Six Flags Great America |
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| Type | Steel |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| Model | Roller-Skater |
| Height | 27.9 ft (8.5 m) |
| Drop | 18.0 ft (5.5 m) |
| Length | 679.17 ft (207.01 m) |
| Max speed | 21.7 mph (34.9 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 0:44 |
| Capacity | 550 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 3 ft 0 in (91 cm) |
| Spacely's Sprocket Rockets at RCDB Pictures of Spacely's Sprocket Rockets at RCDB |
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Spacely's Sprocket Rockets is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. This is a junior coaster with a height restriction of only 36 inches. It is a Vekoma "roller-skater" model roller coaster. It is located in the Camp Cartoon Network section of the park as the headline attraction.
In August of 2006, a girl collapsed in the Camp Cartoon Network section after riding. She would later be pronounced dead due to heart failure. An autopsy showed that she died of a congenital heart condition.
Spaceleys is the second junior-coaster built at the park. The first, was a Bradley & Kaye Little Dipper named Gulf Coaster, however it only operated in the 1976 season. Fires and other issues forced the park to close it.
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