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A single 1500g balloon was launched at 0804 MDT on July 24, 2021 from the Limon ball fields. The balloon reached an altitude of 94,228 ft MSL and landed 16.09 miles west of the launch site, north of Matheson, Colorado near the intersection of CR149 and CR102.
EOSS-311 07/24/2021
14:04:19 UTC Launch 39.236256 -103.696774
15:10:56 UTC Burst 39.226211 -103.892250 94.228 K Ft
15:52:53 UTC Landing 39.232554 -103.997331
Due to predicted high winds at the launch site, EOSS-311 has been cancelled. This was a local flight in concert with others participating in the Great Plains Superlaunch event.
A single 3000g balloon was launched on Sunday April 18, 2021 at 6:54am MDT with six CU Boulder Gateway to Space payloads. The balloon reported a maximum altitude of 105,741 ft (32.23 km) and the payloads landed 2.63 miles out in a field south of Arriba, Colorado at 9:02am MDT at 39.236333, -103.189722. A combination of four-wheel drive and muddy hiking (see pictures) was necessary to recover the payloads. Because of the day change, Eaton Middle School was not able to participate.
A single 3000g balloon was launched at 0644 on April 3, 2021 from Deer Trail School. The balloon reached 98 kft and landed northwest of Arriba, Colorado.
Data from EOSS top payload KC0D-3
12:44:34 UTC Launch detected 39.607290, -104.041107
13:46:08 UTC BURST at GPS Altitude:99,203 Ft 39.482531, -103.505146
14:18:52 UTC Landed: 39.42215,-103.29252 Accuracy: 5Ft
Minimum Ext Temp -74 F
Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 21:55
EOSS 307 was launched as a 3000g balloon from Deer Trail Colorado at 0730 March 20th, and all payloads were recovered approximately 2.5 miles north of Wiladel Colorado. Achieved a maximum altitude of 104,809 Ft at burst. The Photo below was taken just prior to burst.
Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Fri, 11/06/2020 - 11:35
EOSS-304 was launched at 0645 on 11/7/20 from Wiggins, CO with 21 Payloads from the CU Buffs Space minor. All Payloads and beacons were recovered south of Peetz, CO at 41.01153, -103.06078. Maximum altitude acheived was 89,650 ft.
