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Recap of EOSS-091LAUNCH DATE: 11-Jun-2005 Pre-flight Prediction and Actual Track
Blue = Actual Track Maps made with
MapPoint
Launch Site - Deer Trail
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Launch Point: 39.6114° lat. -104.0426° long.
Grid: X=6.17 Y=16.07
Ascent Rate: 1000 feet per minute
Descent Rate: 910 feet per minute
Altitude: 5205 feet
Predicted Landing Site
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Landing Point: 39.932° lat. -103.462° long.
Grid: X=36.9 Y=38.2
Altitude: 4500 feet
Flight Time: 131 Minutes
Bearing: 54.1° True
Range: 37.9 Mi.
Actual Landing Site
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Landing Point: 39.9393° lat. -103.5849° long.
Grid: X=30.4 Y=38.7
Bearing: 46.9° True
Range: 33.204 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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Bearing: 274.5° True
Range: 6.524 Mi.
EOSS Frequencies:Global Frequencies
EOSS-091
Flight Systems:EOSS-091
Payload weights as flown
Payload Configuration:No PDFs available this time out. Webmaster is away from his usual toolset. Internet Gateway Stations:as seen on Findu.Com
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.
Photos:Landing Site:
Data:Spread Sheet (comma delimited) Text
Notes:Our CustomerUSAFRL SHOT 3 The launch supported an Air Force Research Lab program called University
Nanosatellite. Students from 11 universities took part in the workshop. The
workshop started on June 9 and ended with the launch and the launch recap that
evening. note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of their flights or web links to their own web sites. |
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