LAUNCH DATE: June 18, 2000
LAUNCH TIME: 15:23 UTC - 09:23 MDT
LAUNCH SITE: Pikes Peak Radio Control Club Airport (Here's a Map.)
LAUNCH SITE COORDINATES:
LANDING SITE COORDINATES:
LANDING TIME:
Prediction Recap:
Launch Site - Model Airport ----------------------- Launch Point: 38.9549� lat. -104.5012� long. Ascent Rate: 1004 feet per minute Descent Rate: 1230 feet per minute Altitude: 5500 feet
VOR Station - Black Forrest (BRK) ----------------------- Latitude: 38.9417� lat. Longitude: -104.6333� long. Magnetic Offset: -10.3� from True Degrees
Predicted Landing Site ----------------------- Landing Point: 38.988� lat. -103.6865� long. Altitude: 4199 feet Flight Time: 120 Minutes Bearing: 86.8� True Range: 43.8 Mi.
Actual Landing Site ----------------------- Landing Point: 39.1667� lat. -103.438� long. Bearing: 75.3� True Range: 58.8 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site -------------------------------------------------- Bearing: 47.1� True Range: 18.2 Mi.
PRIMARY FLIGHT EXPERIMENT: Second test of new �Shuttle� built by UCCS. Test of shuttle�s flight worthiness, downlink telemetry, system control and ATV. The ATV will be used to monitor and confirm the success of the secondary experiment.
PRIMARY PROJECT INTEGRATOR: Colorado Springs (UCCS), Dr. Chuck Fosha, Brett Allard, and a host of aerospace students
SECONDARY INTEGRATOR: Pioneer Astronautics, Dr. Robert Zubrin, Dean Spieth, �Mars Micro Balloon Probe�.
SECONDARY EXPERIMENT: This is the first of many planned EOSS flights for the �Mars Micro Balloon Probe� which will place a series of balloons in the Martian atmosphere. The objective of this flight are to test and develop inflatable gases from compounds that are normally liquids at Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP). The Mars surface pressure is simulated at 100,000 feet above sea level, thus the experiment on an EOSS balloon. This experiment will attempt to inflate balloons using various compounds. This will also permit a test of the deployment canisters required on Mars.
FREQUENCIES:
Map by Street Atlas V 7.0
Balloon Track by APRS-Plus
Predicted Track by Balloon Track
Black Line the balloon track
Blue Dots, the predicted ascent
Red Dots the predicted descent
Dan, N0PUF, surveys the leftovers (photo by K0ANI)
ATV:
Apparently there was a dramatic reduction in output on the ATV system. The video could be seen P1 at the launch site briefly, but once the payload departed the immediate launch site area, the signal was lost.
Cross Band Repeater and Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS):
Many thanks go to Bob, N0TI, who shoehorned the Bob-E box code into the RMRL crossband repeater. More thanks go to Mike W5VSI who mashed the hardware into the repeater enclosure.
The Cross Band Repeater functioned flawlessly throughout the flight. The repeater was heard as far north as Laramie Wyoming by Norm.
The packet callsign was: W0WYX
In order to minimize possible interference with the tracking and recovery team and other hams in your area, we requested you turn off the position beacons at your APRS station on 147.555 MHz. Everyone evidently complied as there was no detected interference. Thanks.
Beacon:
The beacon was not heard by the tracking and recovery team.
The UCCS Payload took a beating on landing (photo by K0ANI)
Telemetry Files:
Text File
Spread Sheet
Street Atlas overlay
Zip File
eos41tlm.zip - This file contains a Street Atlas V 7.0 map file and an APRS-Plus log file. A preliminary text log file is included. It contains the packet telemetry from the ground station with a few additional packets received by Mark Patton to fill in some gaps.
UCCS PowerPoint Recap
The UCCS Students presented an analysis of their package's performance. It is available in a PowerPoint animated presentation or as a PDF file for those of you without PowerPoint.