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EOSS-253, 254,255,256 COSGC DemoSat and BIRST Flights - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Fri, 07/14/2017 - 10:55

EOSS-253, 254, 255, and 256 were launched in rapid succession starting at 0700 from the Limon Softball fields launch site on July 15, 2017.
EOSS-253 reached an altitude of 98,885 ft
EOSS-254 reached an altitude of 100,795 ft
EOSS-255 reached an altitude of 97,847 ft
EOSS-256 reached an altitude of 96,219 ft
All payloads were recovered north of Matheson, CO. Recap galleries have been created below. Check back for updates to Charts, data and photos as they are loaded.

EOSS-250 and 251 Eclipse Practice Flight, COSCG - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Sun, 04/30/2017 - 11:54

Updated 5/20/17: Posted additional pictures to Prep and launch gallery.

EOSS-250 and 251 were launched from Guernsey, Wyoming and recovered northeast of Lusk, Wyoming.  EOSS would like to thank WA7SNU, AE7AF, KD7JNQ and all the local Wyoming hams for help in setting up communications to support this flight. 

EOSS-241, 242, 243, 244, 245 246 - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Mon, 04/10/2017 - 08:31

Submit mileage here: Mileage Form  Charts and Data, Launch and Recovery Photo galleries posted below.

Altitude vs. Time for 241,242,243,244, 246 posted.  

EOSS-238/239/240 STEM Flight - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sat, 03/11/2017 - 17:22

More graphs and data, and a few in-flight pictures posted.

National Space Science & Technical Institute (NSSTI) has posted a YouTube flight video captured during the flight of EOSS-240. An updated "Director's Cut" video is posted here.

EOSS-237 Eaton MS Flight - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Tue, 01/03/2017 - 21:38

Additional pictures added.

The balloon launched at 0831 and landed at 1218. It flew approximately 116 miles and landed at 40.96950, -102.57883, 3-1/2 miles northwest of Sedwick, Colorado. The balloon reached a height of 94,963 ft. After landing, the parachute dragged the payload string 962 feet. Good payload construction saved all the experiments!

EOSS-252 Great Plains Super Launch - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sat, 12/17/2016 - 17:48

EOSS-252 was launched from the Hutchinson Kansas Airport as part of GPSL, and recovered southeast of Newton, Kansas.  It achieved an altitude of 98,990 ft.

Altitude vs. Time plots from aprs.fi have been added.  Please add any pictures to the galleries below.  

EOSS-247/248/249 Metro State University Intro to Space - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sat, 12/17/2016 - 17:46

Three balloons were successfully launched and retrieved, with a little rain and some muddy roads and fields.

  • EOSS-247 Burst at 95,382 ft and landed at 38.986624, -102.990035
  • EOSS-248 Burst at 92,282 ft and landed at 39.05677, -103.12716
  • EOSS-249 Burst at 96,748 ft and landed at 39.1470, -103.2405

Mileage link for EOSS members.

EOSS-234/235/236 CU Gateway to Space & COSG Demosats - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Tue, 11/01/2016 - 13:02

All three flights flew successfully and were easily recovered.

  • EOSS-234 launched at 0700 and was recovered at 39.10927, -104.10017
  • EOSS-235 launched at 0720 and was recovered at 39.08967, -104.06717
  • EOSS-236 launched at 0738 and was recovered at 39.09282, -104.06480

    

EOSS 232/233 - Metro State University - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 09:12

EOSS-232 Reached an altitude of 97,591 ft, and was recovered at 39.538081, -102.716773

EOSS-233 Reached an altitude of 95,813 ft and was recovered at 39.512860, -102.626221

Both payload strings were recovered south of Kirk, Co.

EOSS-230/231 Fall STEM Flight - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Fri, 10/14/2016 - 18:43

Data for both balloon is now available in Charts & Data

EOSS-230 and 231 were flew successfully on Saturday, October 15, 2016. They landed 1.77 miles apart South of Sterling, Colorado at:

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Recaps for EOSS-195 (April 2014) and earlier are on the old recap page