EOSS October Meeting 2021

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Tue, 10/12/2021 - 18:05

EOSS will hold its October Member Monthly meeting online.  The Zoom link can be found in the agenda here.

About Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS)

Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) is a Denver, Colorado based non-profit organization that promotes science and education by exploring frontiers in amateur radio and high altitude balloons. Click "Read More" for more information.

Our organization works with educators, offering valuable opportunities to enhance their students' studies of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through real, hands-on experience. We provide FAA coordination, launch, tracking and recovery of the payloads. Each year, our volunteers spend thousands of hours to enable student STEM programs to reach the Edge of Space.

EOSS-317 Metro State University - Intro to Space

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Tue, 10/12/2021 - 18:27

Payloads developed by student teams from Metro State University's Introduction to Space classes

One 3000g balloon or two 1500g balloons.  Flight predictions can be found here.  Live flight tracking the day of the flight is here.

If cloudcover exceeds 5/10ths, the balloon will be split into two exempt 1500g balloons:

EOSS-315/316 NDIA STEM Flight & Northrup Grumman Interns - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Sat, 10/09/2021 - 09:15

 EOSS-315 was launched at 0715 10/10/21 from Deer Trail Colorado.  The flight string included 3 payloads from the National Defense Industrial association containing experiments from school students across the country.  It reached a maximum altitude of 93,068 ft.  All payloads were recovered southwest of Lindon, CO at 39.711, -103.474.

EOSS-312/313/314 COSGC DemoSats & Ball BIRST - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Fri, 07/30/2021 - 07:38

EOSS-312, 313 and 314 were launched from Genoa Colorado on August 1st, 2021.  All payloads from the three balloons were recovered approximately 20 miles south of Limon, Colorado.

EOSS-312 was launched at 0657 MDT, and reached a maximum altitude of 98,639 ft.

EOSS-313 was launched at 0720 MDT, and reached a maximum altitude of 98,738 ft.

EOSS-314 was launched at 0741 MDT, and reached a maximum altitude of 97,198 ft.

mileage link for club members

EOSS-311 Northrup Grumman Space Systems Interns - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Mon, 07/12/2021 - 11:25

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.

mileage link for club members

Flight Summary

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

Great Plains Superlaunch - FLIGHT CANCELLED

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 10:58

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.

EOSS-310 Gateway to Space - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:01

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.

EOSS-309 Metro State University Intro to Space - Recap

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Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Sun, 04/04/2021 - 22:05

A single 3000g balloon was launched on April 10, 2021 from Wiggins, Colorado.

EOSS-309 KC0D-14 Flight Stats  04/10/2021

EOSS-308 Colorado Space Grant Consortium DemoSats - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sun, 03/28/2021 - 19:42

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

 

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