Flight Announcement Page
EOSS-128/EOSS-129FAA FLIGHT Certificate of Waiver or Authorization - All parties involved in flight operations please READ and be familiar with the provisions of the waiver. READ THIS to find out why. LAUNCH DATE: June 14th, 2008 (wx +1)
Pre-Flight InformationOn Air Nets Check into the weekly EOSS net every Tuesday evening, except the 2nd Tuesday of the month when we hold our face to face meetings.
Pre-Flight Coordination Net The evening prior to flight we hold a coordination net at 20:00 Local Time to assign the grid information and tactical callsigns. Any last minute information, launch time changes, launch location changes, maybe even a cancellation will be announced on this net.
Tracking and Recovery Team
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| Balloon Manufacturer | Kaysam |
| Balloon Type | latex |
| Balloon Size | 3000 gram |
| Payload | unknown |
| Free Lift % | calculated at fill |
| Ascent Rate | 1400 fpm estimated |
| Descent Rate | 950 fpm estimated |
| Parachute | 10 ft |
| Peak Altitude | determined after flight |
| Launch Conditions | determined at launch |
EOSS-129
| Balloon Manufacturer | Kaysam |
| Balloon Type | latex |
| Balloon Size | 3000 gram |
| Payload | unknown |
| Free Lift % | calculated at fill |
| Ascent Rate | 1400 fpm estimated |
| Descent Rate | 950 fpm estimated |
| Parachute | 10 ft |
| Peak Altitude | determined after flight |
| Launch Conditions | determined at launch |
Displayed data from the April 20th EOSS-127 flight. For example purposes only. Actual data will be posted the day prior to flight
Grid
Location X Y Rt 71 & 14 (West Intersection) 30 -4 Touchdown (see Prediction Page)
Tactical Callsigns
Tactical Callsign Name Notes Alpha
WG0E & KC0UUO
Colin & Rob
Tracking and Recovery Coordinator
Bravo
WA0GEH
Marty
Charlie
KC0RPS
Jim
Delta
WB0DKT and KG6HXM
Glenn, Sam, and Jon Pilsner
Jon is with the Loveland Reporter-Herald
Echo
KB0LP
Dave
Foxtrot
KB0YRZ
Chris
Golf
KC0VJE
Louis
Hotel
N0NDM & W0CBH
Larry & Benjie
Launch Coordinator
India
K0SCC
Steve & Daryl
Juliette
K0ANI
Larry
AE0SS
Nick
Ground Station
Future I-Gaters:
EOSS is always in need of I-Gate stations. Check out the EOSS I-Gate page for information on how to participate and why we need you.
Current I-Gate Station:
If you are present at your iGate during the flight try and monitor the tracking and recovery frequency. The ground station likes to check the frequency prior to launch to find out if any stations are out there ready to igate the traffic onto the net for the FAA to monitor.
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.
Your Log Files
Our technical committee members would also request you open a log file and record all the packets you hear and forward onto APRS-IS. Whenever there is a technical failure of a package it is always helpful to have the most complete dataset possible to attempt to determine the cause of failure and possible fixes. After a flight send your data files to me (webmaster) and I will distribute them to the appropriate payload builders. They appreciate these logs even if all goes fine during a flight.
US Air Force Research Lab - SHOTII
note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of their flights or web links to their own web sites.
as of April 18th, 2007
All dates and launch locations should be considered tentative. The WX delay date is indicated by a "plus" x days indicator i.e. +1 means a one day delay is available +7 a one week delay is available. An "n" indicates no available WX delay date.
Tentative flights are those which preliminary planning is taking place but no firm date has been established. If the pending flight status is changed to a scheduled flight, remaining flight numbers will be adjusted incrementally.
Recent changes in RED
| Flight ID | Date | WX Delay | Comments | Balloon | Launch Site |
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| EOSS-128 & EOSS-129 | 14-Jun-2008 | +1 | USAFRL SHOT II | 2 x 3000 | Deer Trail |
| EOSS-130 | 12-Jul-2008 | n | SGC Workshop VI | 1 x 3000 | Deer Trail |
| EOSS-131 & EOSS-132 | 26-Jul-2008 | +1 | 2nd SGC Demosats VI | 2 x 3000 | Deer Trail |
| EOSS-133 | 02-Aug-2008 | +1 | GPSL | 1 x 1200 | Kansas City |
| EOSS-134 & EOSS-135 | ??-Sep-2008 | n | NOAA DropSondes | 2 x 1200 | Windsor |
| EOSS-136 | ??-Sep-2008 | +1 | NOAA AirCore | 1 x 3000 | Windsor |
| EOSS-137 | 04-Oct-2008 | +1 | Pawnee Boy Scouts Camporee | Crow Valley | |
| EOSS-138 | ??-Oct-2008 | n | JOTA | 1 x 1200 | Pleasant Valley |
| EOSS-139 | 15-Nov-2008 | +1 | CU Gateway | 1 x 3000 | Windsor |
SGC = Space Grant Consortium
GPSL = Great Plains Super Launch
USAFRL = United States Air Force Research Lab
NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
JOTA = Jamboree on the Air (Boy Scouts of America)
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