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Recap of EOSS-144
Flight Coordinator: Nick Hanks, N0LP LAUNCH DATE: July 18th, 2009 Pre-flight Prediction and Actual Tracks
Launch Site - GPSL2009 Prim
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Launch Point: 39.0438° lat. -95.7505° long.
Grid: X=10.48 Y=60.29
Ascent Rate: 1324 feet per minute
Descent Rate: 950 feet per minute
Altitude: 1078 feet
Predicted Landing Site
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Landing Point: 38.16776° lat. -95.03852° long.
Grid: X=49.3 Y=-.2
Altitude: 4500 feet
Flight Time: 116 Minutes
Bearing: 147.4° True
Range: 71.7 Mi.
Actual Landing Site
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Landing Point: 38.31998° lat. -95.2118° long.
Grid: X=39.8 Y=10.3
Bearing: 149.7° True
Range: 57.8 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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Bearing: 318.2° True
Range: 14.097 Mi.
Final Pre-Flight Prediction is available here Prediction History is unavailable. A last minute (night before) launch location change makes history irrelevant. Payload Experiment Designer
Experimenters are welcome to submit websites for linking or overviews which I will post on a page on the EOSS website. EOSS Flight Day Frequencies:
Flight Systems:EOSS-144
Payload Configuration:Tracking and Recovery Info:Everyone who attended GPSL was in on the T&R effort Internet Gateway Stations:as seen on Findu.Com EOSS-144
EOSS wishes to express our sincere appreciation to the stations above who iGated the balloon APRS telemetry onto the internet. Did you know I publish predictions for i-gates? I keep a list of everyone who has ever i-gated an EOSS balloon flight. You're all in the list so if you're wondering when the balloon will pop up over your horizon, check out this page for future flights. Currently predictions are being made for 29 i-gates. We are relying heavily on real time position information available on the net to allow the FAA controllers to have up to the minute location data to assist them in air traffic control. Redundant stations for the balloon iGating provide excellent coverage. If you are able to iGate we invite you to join the Internet Gateway Team. Contact me (webmaster@eoss.org) to be put in touch with the coordinator. By joining the team, you are giving peace of mind to the iGate coordinator for that flight. He knows you'll be there and he can rely on you. Naturally, anyone can iGate data onto the net and even if you aren't a member of the team we will welcome your contribution to the internet based tracking effort. If you callsign appears on the findu.com log, you'll be shown as a contributing station as those above are. Having more than one station covering each APRS beacon means that should a station drop out momentarily, the others can often maintain the data flow. Thanks again guys! The FAA (and EOSS) are very grateful for your assistance in this endeavor. Future I-Gaters: Check out the EOSS I-Gate page for information on how to participate and why we need you. Current I-Gate Stations: Guys, the prediction program used to determine the track of the balloon prior to flight can now output a prediction for the Rise, Closest Approach or maximum elevation, and Set of the balloon for each of your stations. I have posted a prediction page for stations that I have been able to discover geographic coordinates. See the I-Gate prediction page for an example. The page will not be updated daily, however, it will be updated the evening prior to flight for I-gate planning purposes. I have often been asked by iGaters when they should expect to either start receiving signals (AOS) or expect to see those signals disappear (LOS). This prediction page should answer all those questions for you. Text Recaps
PhotosI have photos from WA0GEH, W9CN, KB0YRZ, KC0RPS, WD0DKT and SamCam. I'll be working on them next Symposium on Friday
Launch Site
Recovery Site
General Recovery Operations
Airborne SamCam Pictures
Audiono audio Video
DataEOSS-144
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05/09/2010 17:33 (CDT):
Photos and movies added, recap pretty much complete now
