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Recap of EOSS-88/89LAUNCH DATE: 16-Apr-2005
LAUNCH SITE: Windsor, CO (directions) Pre-flight Prediction and Actual TrackLaunch Site - Windsor
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Launch Point: 40.4737° lat. -104.9623° long.
Ascent Rate: 1100 feet per minute
Descent Rate: 910 feet per minute
Altitude: 4931 feet
EOSS-88
Blue = Actual Track Maps made with
MapPoint Predicted Landing Site
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Landing Point: 40.5486° lat. -104.0357° long.
Altitude: 4500 feet
Flight Time: 125 Minutes
Bearing: 83.6° True
Range: 48.9 Mi.
Actual Landing Site
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Landing Point: 40.4822° lat. -104.0643° long.
Bearing: 89.0° True
Range: 47.2 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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Bearing: 198.1° True
Range: 4.8 Mi.
EOSS-89
Blue = Actual Track Maps made with
MapPoint
Predicted Landing Site
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Landing Point: 40.5486° lat. -104.0357° long.
Altitude: 4500 feet
Flight Time: 125 Minutes
Bearing: 83.6° True
Range: 48.9 Mi.
Actual Landing Site
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Landing Point: 40.4957° lat. -104.0759° long.
Bearing: 87.8° True
Range: 46.6 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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Bearing: 210.0° True
Range: 4.2 Mi.
EOSS Frequencies:Global Frequencies
EOSS-088 Frequencies
EOSS-089 Frequencies
Flight Systems:EOSS-088
EOSS-089
Payload Configuration:updated 12/Apr/05 Internet Gateway Stations:as seen on Findu.Com EOSS-088
EOSS-089
EOSS wishes to express our sincere appreciation to the stations above who iGated the balloon APRS telemetry onto the internet. We are relying heavily on real time position information available on the net to allow the FAA controllers to have up to the minute location data to assist them in air traffic control. Redundant stations for the balloon iGating provide excellent coverage. If you are able to iGate we invite you to join the Internet Gateway Team. Contact me (webmaster@eoss.org) to be put in touch with the coordinator. By joining the team, you are giving peace of mind to the iGate coordinator for that flight. He knows you'll be there and he can rely on you. Naturally, anyone can iGate data onto the net and even if you aren't a member of the team we will welcome your contribution to the internet based tracking effort. If you callsign appears on the findu.com log, you'll be shown as a contributing station as those above are. Having more than one station covering each APRS beacon means that should a station drop out momentarily, the others maintain the data flow quite nicely. Thanks again guys! The FAA (and EOSS) are very grateful for your assistance in this endeavor. Future I-Gaters: Check out the EOSS I-Gate page for information on how to participate and why we need you. Current I-Gate Stations: Guys, the prediction program used to determine the track of the balloon prior to flight can now output a prediction for the Rise, Closest Approach, and Set of the balloon for each of your stations. I have posted a prediction page for stations that I have been able to discover geographic coordinates. See the I-Gate prediction page for an example. The page will not be updated daily, however, it will be updated the evening prior to flight for I-gate planning purposes. I have often been asked by iGaters when they should expect to either start receiving signals (AOS) or expect to see those signals disappear (LOS). This prediction page should answer all those questions for you. Tracking and Recovery Info:Help us build a database of the best RDF/Observation sites in Eastern Colorado. See the Observation Site Database page for ideas on what we'd like to see in this DB and if you're interested in the Balloon Track use of that database
Recaps:
Photos:Launch Site
Landing Sites
Airborne by CU studentsAudio:I'm afraid I forgot to record the output from the xband repeater. So, no audio from there this time out. Here is the audio from the Rocky Mountain Radio League 449.450 MHz repeater which was used by the tracking and recovery team. Listening in sequence will essentially replay the repeater audio for the entire flight. The recorder was set to VOX so any long pauses with no audio were automatically eliminated. So, while all the audio is here, the time line is incorrect and somewhat compressed.
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Notes:Our Customer
note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of their flights or web links to their own web sites. Radio Coverage:
This is a generic 95,000 ft ASL coverage map for flights that depart from the vicinity of Windsor, Colorado. Flight day coverage may vary depending on upper air winds.
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