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Recap of EOSS-132
Flight Coordinator: Mike Manes, W5VSI LAUNCH DATE: October 4th, 2008 Pre-flight Prediction and Actual Track
Launch Site - Crow Valley Park
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Launch Point: 40.64443° lat. -104.33895° long.
Grid: X=-14.70 Y=22.36
Ascent Rate: 1000 feet per minute
Descent Rate: 1000 feet per minute
Altitude: 4840 feet
Predicted Landing Site
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Landing Point: 40.70617° lat. -103.60073° long.
Grid: X=24.0 Y=26.6
Altitude: 4500 feet
Flight Time: 118 Minutes
Bearing: 83.5° True
Range: 38.9 Mi.
Actual Landing Site
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Landing Point: 40.71235° lat. -103.7167° long.
Grid: X=17.9 Y=27.0
Bearing: 81.6° True
Range: 32.922 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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Bearing: 274.0° True
Range: 6.086 Mi.
Prediction History is available here EOSS Flight Day Frequencies:Tracking and Recovery Frequencies
EOSS-132 Balloon Payload Frequencies
Flight Systems:EOSS-132
Payload Configuration:Tracking and Recovery Info:
Internet Gateway Stations:as seen on Findu.Com
Welcome to Paul Swanson from Monument. Thanks for joining the iGate team. Haven't seen your face in any of the recovery team photos for a bit. Hope you can get back out for that sometime. Predictions for your station will appear for our next flight. Louis, I see I didn't have you in that DB, so I've added you and your location will be predicted for as well. Might be of interest for Deer Trail Launches I guess. Richard, I've corrected your call sign from K0AEM to N0EB in the DB. EOSS wishes to express our sincere appreciation to the stations above who iGated the balloon APRS telemetry onto the internet. Did you know I publish predictions for i-gates? I keep a list of everyone who has ever i-gated an EOSS balloon flight. You're all in the list so if you're wondering when the balloon will pop up over your horizon, check out this page for future flights. Currently predictions are being made for 29 i-gates. 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 can often maintain the data flow. 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 or maximum elevation, 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. Text Recaps
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Recovery Area
AudioPre-Flight
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05/09/2010 17:33 (CDT):
Flight Systems chart filled out, audio added, additional telemetry charts added.
Recap essentially finished. But, more data arrives and I'll update it. This
notice will be removed in a month or two (perhaps:-).
