Recap of EOSS-98

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LAUNCH DATE: 22-Oct-2005
LAUNCH TIME: 07:56 am MDT
LAUNCH SITE: Windsor (driving directions)

Pre-flight Prediction and Actual Track

Maps made with MapPoint
Prediction made with Balloon Track

Launch Site - Windsor
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   Launch Point: 40.4737° lat.   -104.9623° long.
           Grid: X=-2.65 Y=80.61
    Ascent Rate: 1000 feet per minute
   Descent Rate: 950 feet per minute
       Altitude: 4931 feet

Predicted Landing Site
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  Landing Point: 39.7733° lat.  -103.8151° long.
           Grid: X=58.2 Y=32.3
       Altitude: 4500 feet
    Flight Time: 166 Minutes
        Bearing: 128.2° True
          Range: 77.5 Mi.

Actual Landing Site
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  Landing Point: 39.6097° lat.  -103.7727° long.
           Grid: X=60.6 Y=21.0
        Bearing: 133.1° True
          Range: 86.679 Mi.

Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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        Bearing: 168.7° True
          Range: 11.521 Mi.

APRS Beacons were swapped for the balloons as AE0SS-11 was having trouble getting initialized. It flew fine on the second balloon

EOSS-098

• Beacon
  • 147.555 MHz
    • ID: AEØSS in CW
    • Tracking Tone then CW ID
• APRS
  • 144.340 MHz
    • ID: K0YUK-11
    • APRS Time Slotted to 0:30 every minute

Flight Systems:

EOSS-098

Flight Data:

Spreadsheet

• eoss_098_Flight_Data.csv

Text

• eoss-098_k0yuk-11_findu.txt