Hardware

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EOSS Flight Payloads

Information about EOSS designed payloads only. Payloads of customers are often described in flight announcement and recap pages.

These pages are currently under construction. Details and corrections will be added.

APRS Systems

• Rocky Mountain Radio League's Cross Band Repeater - Transmits an APRS Beacon

• AE0SS-11 APRS System

• KC0YA-11 APRS System

• K0YUK-11 APRS System

• K0ANI-11 APRS System

Repeater Systems

• Rocky Mountain Radio League's Cross Band Repeater - Transmits an APRS Beacon

• Simplex Repeater

ATV Systems

• W5VSI ATV System

• Video Stabilizer ATV Platform

Beacons

• K0YUK-11 APRS System - Transmits a tracking beacon every 30 seconds

• K0ANI-11 APRS System - Transmits a tracking beacon every 30 seconds

• W5VSI Beacon/Cutdown System

Balloon Local Area Network System (BLAN)

• Zigbee K0SCC-BLAN

Full Shuttle Systems

• EOSS Shuttle II - Now obsolete. We tend to fly multiple single purpose payloads rather than send up one all purpose system. But, Shuttle II is still around in the inventory.

Mechanical Systems

• Quick Release - Mike Manes designed this device to quickly separate a payload train from the shards of a balloon immediately after the balloon bursts.

Camera Systems

• Canon A570 IS - By installing temporary firmware and running a uBasic script, this camera can be setup for flight by simply turning it on

Home Made Balloons

K. Mark Caviezel has managed to build zero floater balloons. Here's a brief rundown on the first we flew.

• Flight Recap of EOSS-55

• Light technical Notes on Balloon system

Test Equipment

• Vacuum Chamber

Flight Hardware

• Helium Release Valve