Announcement of EOSS-79

Launch Site MOVED to Windsor

Because of the move to Windsor changes are marked in Red

Note: We will be flying EOSS-79a and EOSS-79b. However, Edge of Space Sciences will only be responsible for EOSS-79a. The "B" flight will be handled entirely by Montana State University with their own RF payloads and recovery operations. EOSS Tracking & Recovery should be ready to assist but their prime responsibility this time out is EOSS-79a.

Note2: If at all possible, always check this website or listen in to the preflight net (frequency below) the night preceding the flight for late breaking news regarding flight status.

EOSS-79a/79b

LAUNCH DATE: June 19, 2004

• EOSS-79A LAUNCH TIME: 07:30 am MDT (13:30 UTC)
• EOSS-79B LAUNCH TIME: 08:15 am MDT (14:15 UTC)

LAUNCH SITE: Windsor, Co (Directions)

EOSS Frequencies:

Global Frequencies

• Preflight Net:
  • 147.225 MHz 8 pm MDT preceding Friday night
    • 145.160 MHz simulcast in the Springs
  • 146.640 MHz will serve as a backup frequency
• Tracking and Recovery Operations
  • 449.450 MHz RMRL Repeater (103.5 Hz tone)
  • 146.550 MHz simplex (same simplex for field and launch ops)
  • Repeater Coverage Spreadsheet - Benjie has created this spreadsheet that shows many of the repeaters in the expected recovery area.
  • There may be FRS operations see THIS PAGE for a list of channel numbers and their associated UHF Frequencies.
  • 7.228 MHz HF

EOSS-79 A (Primary EOSS system)

• Beacon
  • 147.555 MHz
    • ID: W5VSI in CW
• APRS
  • 144.340 MHz
    • ID: W5VSI-11
  • 144.390 MHz (NEW - added Friday)
    • ID: AC0AK-11

EOSS-79 B (Montana State University)

• APRS
  • 145.600 MHz (Kenwood D7)
    • ID: KD7NPX-11
  • 445.975 MHz (TinyTrack3)
    • ID: KD7NPX-10

Flight Systems:

EOSS-79A

EOSS-79B

Payload Configuration:

• Payload_Plan_79AB_Rev2.pdf

EOSS Grid:

Tactical Callsigns:

Flight Personnel

Notes:

Our Customers

EOSS-79 supports the NASA Space Grant BalloonSat Workshop, an event sponsored by Colorado Space Grant annually since 2002, where faculty from other NASA Space Grant colleges all over the US come to learn how to set up and teach a course like CU's one-semester undergrad "Gateway to Space". Attendees are teamed up to design and build BalloonSats from kits, not unlike the ones that the Gateway students do.

BalloonSats are typically 10 cm cubes weighing up to 600 gm (1.32#) each with vertical thru-tube flight string attachments. Each carries a still camera with a shutter timer and another experiment that gets logged by an on-board Hobo.

This year, Chris had some 43 attendees sign up in January. There have been a few last-minute cancellations, however. So until I hear further from Chris, we're planning on flying a total of 8 BalloonSats on EOSS-79 -- 4 on each of two strings.

EOSS-79A will be operated by EOSS, while EOSS-79B will be managed by Mt. State U. EOSS will handle FAA reporting for both, and will help out on tracking and recovery as required.

In order to minimize logistics issues with getting students from launch to recovery, Chris Koehler would prefer to launch both balloons simultaneously. But the FAA says that's OK only if we get 'em both on the deck by 0930; any later than that, we'll have to space the lauches by 40 minutes to avoid having two balloons in heavy arrival airspace at the same time.
 

HF Radio

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