EOSS Flight Archives

One 3000g Heavy balloon was launched on Saturday moring into clear skys. The balloon followed the prediction very closely, and reached an altitude of 100,274 ft when it burst. The flight string landed half way between Limon and Hugo, just east of Highway 287.   After a significant time needed to gain authorization to access grazing land, the student teams hiked 1.2 miles in to the landing site to retrieve their payloads. Flight string landed at 39.20558, -103.56191

Launch video is posted on the EOSS youtube channel at EOSS-277 Launch

EOSS-269, 270, 271, 272 launched on 4/7/18 carrying CU Gateway to Space and COSGC colleges payloads.  Balloons were launched from Eaton, Colorado and all payloads were recovered 130-140 miles downrange near Vona, Colorado.

EOSS-269 reached an altitude of 97,067 ft and landed at 39.97019, -103.13995

EOSS-270 reached an altitude of 94,542 ft and landed at 39.40891, -102.8575

EOSS-271 reached an altitude of 95,828 ft and landed at 39.37105, -102.7435

EOSS-272 reached an altitude of 90,535 ft and landed at 39.27356, -102.65756

Thanks to everyone that supported the EOSS-267 flight yesterday. It was a resounding success in several ways.  We shook the cobwebs off of our knowhow and  tracking stations, we successfully qualified several new payloads, and we had some new members join us in the chase!  We had several University of Colorado CBASE students join us for the launch and recovery to help hone their skills for assisting in planning, launch, and recovery later this year.