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EOSS-372/373 Metro State University - Intro2Space & Littleton EPIC - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sun, 04/06/2025 - 18:35

A beautiful morning a few light clouds and a big moon.

We launched 2 balloons on April 12, 2025, 373H @ 6:45am with MSU payloads and 372L @ 7:08 am with Littleton EPIC Payloads. Both balloons headed towards Arriba/Flagler CO reaching over 90,000ft.

373 landed closer to Arriba W of hw 63 and S of 3Z.  372 landed north of Flagler at the corner of CR 6 and FF.

EOSS-370/371 Colorado Space Grant Consortium Spring Launch - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 09:58

Two 3000g non-exempt balloons were launched from Deer Trail Colorado on Sunday April 6, 2025 carrying student payloads for the Colorado Space Grant Consortium. The balloon flights proceeded as follows: 

EOSS-369 NDIA Flight - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:13

One 2000g non-exempt balloon was  launched on Sunday, March 23, 2025 from Deer Trail, Colorado, one day after launch was postponed due to weather (cloud cover greater than fifty percent and ground winds 10 mph or greater).  Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the balloon carried experiments representing efforts of approximate

EOSS-367/368 Colorado Space Grant Consortium Fall Launch - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 15:09

Two 1500g exempt balloons were launched on Saturday February 1, 2025 from Deer Trail, Colorado. This flight was a twice-delayed (weather) launch of student-built payloads from Colordado Space Grant Consortium supported schools throughout Colorado. The balloons flew as follows (prelim data from KC0RPS' log):

EOSS-365/366 Ranum Innovation Campus, Evergreen High School, & Golden High School - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sun, 12/01/2024 - 14:56

On Saturday, December 7, 2024, two 3000g Heavy balloons were launched from Deer Trail, Colorado.

EOSS-363/364 Metro State University & Littleton EPIC Launch - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 16:38

On Saturday November 16, 2024 two 3000g non-exempt balloons were launced from Deer Trail Colorado as follows:

EOSS-362 NDIA Flight - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 09:56

On Sunday, October 20, 2024, we launched one 2000g balloon from Deer Trail, CO at 7:26 am carrying two student payloads sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Defense Industries Association (NDIA), reaching altitude of 99,347 before burst. Parachute landed at 9:17 a.m. in brisk winds near State Hwy 71 and CR-I, about nine miles south of Brush, CO (40.124, -103.594) on the landowner's driveway. 

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Great Plains Superlaunch - Colorado Springs - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Sun, 08/04/2024 - 17:56

One pico balloon and five high-altitude latex balloons were launched from Limon Softball Complex on Saturday, August 3, 2024.

As of August 4, 2024, the pico balloon is beaconing as WB8ELK-7 and currently floating at 43,480 ft over Midland Texas

The balloons launched as follows (see paths on picture to right):

EOSS-361 Colorado Space Grant Consortium Summer Launch - Recap

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Submitted by KCØRPS on Wed, 06/12/2024 - 15:30

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 

EOSS-360 AIAA RMS Sponsored DSST and Wheat Ridge and Northfield Launch - Recap

Submitted by Rob Wright on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 13:43

EOSS Flight 360 was launched from Deer Trail CO  May 18, 2024 at 7:07 am reaching an altitude of over 101,000ft.

 

The students (in over 20 cars) meet in Lindon CO to await landing information.  The arrival in Lindon was shortly after burst; however we followed the decent and as the parachute and payloads came closer we scanned the sky and finally saw them floating over highway 36.

 

It was a difficult retrieval, so the EOSS team brought the payloads to the students in Lindon.

 

 

 

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