Announcement of EOSS-138/139

LAUNCH DATE: May 9th, 2009 (wx +7)
LAUNCH TIME: 

• EOSS-138: 06:50 MDT (12:50 UTC)
• EOSS-139: 07:10 MDT (13:10 UTC)

LAUNCH SITE: Windsor, CO (see directions)

Payload Experiment Designer

• NOAA AirCore (eoss-138)
• Lockheed Martin Explorers (eoss-139)

Experimenters are welcome to submit websites for linking or overviews which I will post on a page on the EOSS website.

EOSS Flight Day Frequencies:

Tracking and Recovery Frequencies

• Preflight Net:
  • 147.225 MHz 8 pm MDT the evening prior to flight day
    • 145.160 MHz simulcast in the Springs
    • 145.460 MHz simulcast in Boulder
  • 146.640 MHz will serve as a backup frequency
• Tracking and Recovery Operations
  • Primary Frequencies
    • 449.450 MHz RMRL (103.5 Hz tone) Windsor Launch site
    • 145.295 MHz (no PL tone) Sterling area
    • 146.550 MHz simplex (same simplex for field and launch ops)
  • Repeater Coverage Pages - Listings of all repeaters available in the expected flight areas.
  • There may be FRS operations see THIS PAGE for a list of channel numbers and their associated UHF Frequencies.

EOSS-138 Balloon Payload Frequencies

• Beacons
  • 147.555 MHz
    • CW ID: AE0SS
• APRS
  • 144.340 MHz
    • ID: AEØSS-11
    • DIGI: EOSS
    • Node: BALNOD
    • APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:00 and 0:30
      • power up at 58 seconds past the GPS minute to properly slot telemetry
    • Telemetry once a minute
    • Sample Data

EOSS-139 Balloon Payload Frequencies  

• Beacons
  • 145.600 MHz
    • CW ID: K0SCC
  • 445.975 MHz
    • CW: W5VSI (qualification flight)
• APRS
  • 144.340 MHz
    • ID: KC0YA-11
    • DIGI: EOSS
    • Node: BALND2
    • APRS Time Slotted Every 30 seconds at 0:15 and 0:45
      • power up at 13 seconds past the GPS minute to properly slot telemetry
    • Telemetry once a minute
    • Sample Data
  • 145.600 MHz
    • ID: K0SCC-11

Flight Systems: 

EOSS-138  

EOSS-139 

Payload Configuration: 

• Payload_Plan_138e.pdf
• Payload_Plan_139d.pdf

Tracking and Recovery Info:  

Breakfast

• Ft. Morgan McDonalds
  • Exit 80 on I-76
• Meet at 5:30 am

Grid

Location	Grid X	Grid Y
Rt. 71 and 14 West Intersection lat = 40° 36.615' long = -103° 40.614'	20	30
TrackPoint Test 40° 30' N, 103° 30' W	29.3	22.4

 

Tactical Call Signs

Tactical	Callsign	Name	Notes
Alpha	WA0GEH, KC0ZIE	Marty & Darren	Tracking and Recovery Coordinator
Bravo	KB0YRZ	Chris
Charlie	W9CN	Mike
Delta	N0IX	Doug
Echo	KC0RPS, W0NFW	Jim, George
Foxtrot	KC0UUO	Rob
	AE0SS	Nick	Ground Station