Recap of EOSS-138/139

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Twitter Feed

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Here is the Twitter feed for EOSS-138/139. The "tweets" are in reverse chronological order with the most recent at the top. The first tweet was the last preflight landing prediction posted approximately 1 hour prior to flight.

Twittering a full flight doesn't require too much work so I will attempt to do this for each upcoming flight. If you subscribe to the feed you will receive something similar to this data. Additionally, you will receive predictions, one to two per day, for the 7 days preceding the flight.

Twitter Feed

Flight coverage for EOSS-138/139 concluded. Both balloon payload systems in possession of T&R teams. Look for recap at: http://bit.ly/aply1 about 7 hours ago from Tweetie EOSS-139 should be on the ground near: Lat = 40.45956°, Long = -103.20607° about 7 hours ago from Tweetie EOSS-139 just burst (15:00 UTC) about 8 hours ago from Tweetie Congratulations to K0SCC-11 aboard EOSS-139. Altitude problem solved! http://bit.ly/1blD8H about 8 hours ago from Tweetie EOSS-138 touchdown close to: Lat = 40.48161° Long = -103.3811° about 8 hours ago from Tweetie EOSS-138 burst at 13:54 UTC approximately 2 minutes ago. about 9 hours ago from Tweetie "Fast Recovery" was in reference to recovering from previous failure, not a balloon recovery in the field. Sorry for confusion. about 9 hours ago from Tweetie EOSS-139 Launched at 13:39 UTC (wow that was a fast recovery!) Second EOSS-139 balloon nearly filled. Second balloon fill will begin shortly. Flight may need to be terminated early to return to the ground by 15:30 UTC. EOSS-139 Balloon failure, balloon escaped without payloads attached. EOSS-139 fill nearly complete, launch in the next few minutes. Track at: http://bit.ly/1NRef EOSS-138 Launched at 12:40 UTC Both balloon APRS systems (AE0SS-11 and KC0YA-11) are now active and visible on the internet http://bit.ly/vxLW1 Launch site reports T-30 and counting for launch of EOSS-138. Preparations underway with no holdups so far. Landing Point: 40.492° lat. -102.97756° long., Grid: X=56.8 Y=21.8, Bearing: 88.7° True, Range: 104.2 Mi.