Flight Recap of EOSS-29

LAUNCH DATE: April 12, 1997
LAUNCH TIME: 18:48 UTC
LAUNCH SITE: Pikes Peak Radio Control Club Airport (Here's a Map.)
LAUNCH SITE COORDINATES:

  • 38.9549 North Latitude
  • 104.50123 West Longitude

Touchdown: (estimated from LOS at ground station)

  • 38.92866� N
  • 104.01562� W

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT: ozonesonde
PROJECT INTEGRATOR: UCCS

FREQUENCIES:

  • Telemetry:
    • 144.340 MHz FM (1 Watt output) - The Packet telemetry stream is in ax.25 format at 1200 baud and is readable in plain English for the most part. Included in each telemetry frame is an APRS position string (APRS users see note below). Every few minutes a CW ID is transmitted on this frequency.
  • Beacon
    • Output - 147.555 MHz
  • ATV:
    • EOSS Shuttle II Video - 426.250 MHz AM (1 Watt output) - NTSC video
  • 448.450 MHz Pikes Peak FM Association Repeater
  • 146.58 MHz Simplex Field Frequency

Recap of EOSS-29:

note: This recap was missing until on Nov 25, 2005 Mike Manes discovered these tidbits.

I see a blank for EOSS-29 as well! My logs aren't as complete for this one, but it also flew out of PPRC, on 4/12/97 for Creighton Middle School w/ a UCCS ozonesonde.

We flew Shutttle 2 on 144.34 w/ ATV and a beacon on 147.555 here. Balloon was a 1200 gm latex.

EOSS-29 launched 4/12/97 from PPRC at 1848Z.

Hit 16K' at 1857Z, 138/1 from launch.

Hit 45K' at 1915Z, 111/9 from launch.

Hit 60K' at 1928Z, 103/15 from launch

Burst at 93K' at 1951Z, 080/16 from launch (snappy ascent!)

Back thru 60K' at 2002Z, 082/17.

LOS at 2030Z, 094/26 re launch.