One 3000g balloon was launched from the Limon Colorado Softball Complex on Saturday, August 3, 2024 and carried 11 Colorado Space Grant School's student-built payloads to approximately 99,000 feet. The balloon landed approximately one mile southeast of Rush, Colorado. This flight carried some payloads that were not flown on the canceled Spring flight in April.
EOSS member mileage reimbursement submissions at https://forms.gle/qJjy47iTHF5ywDPJ6
Edge of Space Sciences is hosting the 2024 Great Plains Superlaunch conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 1-3, 2024. Details are at www.superlaunch.org. The conference will include a technical tour and social event on Thursday, a day of presentations on Friday, and a mass launch on Saturday. In previous years, up to 10 balloons have been simultaniously launched. This includes both latex balloons and pico balloons.
Current predictions for the Saturday flight path are shown at http://www.eoss.org/predict as flight EOSS-361.
Detailed links for this flight are available at http://wxqa.com/eoss361.html
Edge of Space Sciendces will be launching a latex balloon carrying Colorado Space Grant Consortium student-built payloads from schools around Colorado. This will be one 3000g balloon or two 1500g balloons as follows:
This balloon carries Colordo Space Grant Consortium student-built payloads
Frequency | Callsign | Type | Notes |
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145.535 MHz | KC0D-2 | Remote Release/DF | Secondary Beacon |
145.765 MHz | AEØSS-4 | Remote Release/DF | Flight Qualification with cutdown David |
144.340 MHz | AEØSS-2 | APRS/Digi Alias = "DISC" | Primary Beacon Timeslotted 0:11 & 0:41 |
A face-to-face preflight briefing will be held at the GPSL seminar site. The usual on-the-air net will not be held for this flight.
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR):
The decision as to which talkgroup use will be made by the EOSS RF Coordinator on a per flight basis.
- Rocky Mountain Wide Network – Talk Group 700 - Rocky Mountain Ham Radio has approval to the use "Wide" for flight operations.
- Central Colorado Regional Network – Talk Group 720 - On occasion, EOSS may use the Central Colorado Regional Network (Talk Group 720).
Tactical | Call Sign | Name | Notes |
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Alpha | W9CN, NØJPS | Mike, John | |
Bravo | KBØYRZ | Chris | |
Charlie | KØNKK, KEØNLQ | Nancy, (FC), Ann | |
Delta | KØSCC | Stephen | |
Echo | NØRPF | Rob | Saturday Only |
Foxtrot | N6BA | Jeff | |
GroundStation | N2XGL, K5JK, KBØTVJ | Jeff, Tom, Russ, Randy | |
Golf | KCØL, WAØGEH | John, Marty | |
Hotel | |||
India | KFØPCW | Doug L. | |
Juliet | KE0UWC | Glenn | |
Kilo | KCØRPS, WØNFW | Jim (FC), George | |
Lima | KBØUBZ | Ben | |
Yankee | KEØYAL | Brad |