CU Science Discovery video, "Young engineers aim for the stratosphere at Science Discovery Camp" is posted!
Here is a link to a CU Science Discovery page with experiment data, drone footage, and launch videos!
All three flights were very successful.
LAUNCH SITE IS Limon Colorado. Please have your payloads at the launch site 1.5 hours prior to launch for weigh-in. The current prediction is for a short flight to the north.
Please keep watching this website for updates. Predictions are now updating daily (about 1pm). Click on the link below (or here) to view the prediction information.
Payload plans have been updated as we learn better payload mass estimates..
The collection of links shown at this page gives you prediction, weather observations, and tracking links for the flights on 7/29.
Predictions are located here.
Exempt balloon with two CU Science Discovery payloads and a CU Grad Student 360 degree video payload
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
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144.340 MHz | AEØSS-7 | APRS | Primary Beacon, Timeslotted at 0:00 and 0:30 |
144.950 MHz | KEØBMV-11 | APRS / DF | Secondary Beacon |
145.750 MHz | KCØD-15 | APRS / DF / Cutter | qualificaiton |
Iridium Tracker |
Exempt Balloon with CU Science Discovery payloads and the CU Science Discovery GoPro payload
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
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144.340 MHz | AEØSS-12 | APRS | Primary Beacon, Timeslotted at 0:10 and 0:40 |
147.555 MHz | KCØD-14 | APRS / DF / Cutter | Secondary Beacon |
144.360 MHz | KCØD-11 | APRS | qualification |
Exempt balloon reflying two Metropolitan State University payloads
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
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144.340 MHz | AEØSS-13 | APRS / Digi (EOSS) | Primary Beacon, Timeslotted at 0:20 and 0:50 |
145.570 MHz | KCØD-12 | APRS / DF / Cutter | Secondary Beacon |
Preflight Net:
Recovery Operations:
Launch Site Simplex: 446.050 MHz
HF - Possible ops: 7.235 LSB
Tactical | Call Sign | Name | Notes | TrackPoint Xmit Time Slots |
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Alpha | WAØGEH, KCØD | Marty, Mark | EOSS #257/258, Alpha | 4 minutes @ 12 seconds |
Bravo | KDØSEM | Dave | EOSS #257/259, Tracker | 4 minutes @ 17 seconds |
Charlie | KCØRPS, WØNFW | Jim, George | EOSS #258 | 4 minutes @ 22 seconds |
Delta | KØSCC, NØIX | Stephen, Doug | EOSS #259 | 4 minutes @ 27 seconds |
Echo | KØLOB | Jim | EOSS #258 | 4 minutes @ 32 seconds |
Foxtrot | NØNDM | Larry | EOSS #259 | 4 minutes @ 37 seconds |
4 minutes @ 37 seconds | ||||
Hotel | N7JJY | George | Only if Windsor Launch | 4 minutes @ 47 seconds |
Tango | KCØL | John | Texas Predictions | |