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EOSS-142

Flight Coordinator: Larry Cerney, K0ANI k0ani@eoss.org

LAUNCH DATE: July 11th, 2009 (Jul 12)
LAUNCH TIME: 07:00 MDT (13:00 UTC)
LAUNCH SITE: Deer Trail, CO (see directions)


Payload Experiment Designer

  • Upward Bound

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
    • Drive out to Deer Trail (pre-flight)
      • 146.640 Mhz (until LOS)
      • 448.450 MHz (100 Hz tone) or 449.450 MHz (103.5 Hz tone)  after 64 quits. The frequency will be determined by the expected trajectory of the flight as indicated below. The extra freq will be removed once a firm prediction is established. Probably by Thursday evening.
    • Primary Recovery Operations Frequencies
      • 449.450 MHz (103.5 Hz tone) RMRL Repeater (northern trajectory)
      • 448.450 MHz (100 Hz tone) PPFMA Repeater (southern trajectory)
      • 146.550 MHz simplex (launch ops)
      • 146.550 MHz simplex
    • 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-142 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

Flight Systems: 

EOSS-142  

Balloon Manufacturer Kaysam
Balloon Type latex
Balloon Size 3000 gram
Neck Load ??.? lbs.
Neck Lift ??.? lbs
Ascent Rate 1400 fpm estimated
Descent Rate 950 fpm estimated
Parachute 10 ft.
Peak Altitude determined after flight
Launch Conditions determined at launch

 


Payload Configuration:

  • posted when it becomes available

Tracking and Recovery Info:

For example purposes, this data from our last flight (EOSS140/141) remains posted. IT will be updated the day before flight with current information

Breakfast

Grid

Location

Grid X

Grid Y

Last Chance
lat = 39.74068° long = -103.59358° W

10

10

TrackPoint Test 39° 45 N 103° 15' W 28.2 10.7

 

Tactical Call Signs

Tactical

Callsign

Name

Notes

Alpha

WG0E

Colin & Tim

Tracking and Recovery Coordinator

Bravo

W9CN

Mike & the Papas Clan

Tracker - Student Caravan Guide eoss-141

Charlie

KB0YRZ

Chris

Tracker

Delta

WB0DKT, KC0ZIE, KC6HXM, WB6DKF

Glen, Darren, Sam and Loren - The Big White Bus

Tracker

Echo

K0SCC

Steve & Daryl

Tracker; Starting @ Launch Site; Guide-141

Foxtrot

N0IX

Doug

Tracker

Golf

KC0UUO

Rob

Tracker

Hotel

WA0GEH & KC0D

Marty and Mark

Tracker

India

KB0LP

Dave

Tracker; Starting @ Launch Site

 

N0NDM

Larry

Launch Coordinator

 

AE0SS

Nick

Ground Station

 

KC0RPS

Jim

Flight Coordinator

 

K0ANI

Larry

Student Caravan Guide -140

 

 


Flight Related Info

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Future Flight Schedule

as of June 10th, 2009

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 in fuchsia
Recently updated in Red

Flight numbers are always in a state of flux and so are not highlighted as being changed

Flight ID Date WX Delay Comments Balloon Launch Site Mission Coord
EOSS-142 11-Jul-2009 +1 Upward Bound 1 x 3000 Deer Trail none
EOSS-143 18-Jul-2009 +1 GPSL 2009   Topeka, KS N0LP
EOSS-144, EOSS-145 01-Aug-2009 +1 CU DemoSats 2 x 3000 Deer Trail none
EOSS-146 29-Aug-2009 +1 EOSS DF Hunt 1 x 1200 Deer Trail none
EOSS-147 14-Nov-2009 +1 CU Gateway Launch 2 x 3000 Windsor none
EOSS-148 16-Jan-2010 +1 CU SGC 1 x 3000 Windsor none
EOSS-149, EOSS-150 10-Apr-2010 +1 CU SGC 2 x 3000 Windsor none
EOSS-151, EOSS-152 12-Jun-2010 +1 CU SGC 2 x 3000 Deer Trail none
EOSS-153, EOSS-154 10-Jul-2010 +1 CU SGC 2 x 3000 Deer Trail none
EOSS-155, EOSS-156 31-Jul-2010 +1 CU SGC 2 x 3000 Deer Trail none
EOSS-157 13-Nov-2010 +1 CU SGC 1 x 3000 Windsor none


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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