LAUNCH DATE: 01-October-2006
LAUNCH TIME: 8:30 am MDT (14:30 UTC)
LAUNCH SITE: Windsor, CO (driving directions)
On 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 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.
A net will be held Friday night to spread the word of a 1 day delay, the regular net will happen on Saturday night at 8:00 PM MDT.
Global Frequencies
Balloon Frequencies
Balloon Manufacturer | Kaysam |
Balloon Type | latex |
Balloon Size | 3000 gram |
Payload | ?? lbs |
Free Lift % | calculated at fill |
Ascent Rate | 1100 fpm estimated |
Descent Rate | 910 fpm estimated |
Parachute | 10 ft |
Peak Altitude | determined after flight |
Launch Conditions | determined at launch |
(as of Sunday Morning , 10/01/06 01:15 MDT)
Grid
Location | X | Y |
---|---|---|
West Junct. of SR-14 and SR-71 | 45 | 35 |
Peetz | 75 | 59.3 |
Otis | 82.6 | 3 |
Roggin | 8 | 4.5 |
Touchdown (see Prediction Page) |
note: During the net I copied down 79, 59.3 for Peetz. However, I received an email with the above x value of 75. So, be forewarned. All other coordinates agree.
Tactical Callsigns
Tactical | Callsign | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alpha | N0NDM, W0CBH | Larry and Benjie | Tracking and Recovery Coordinator |
Bravo | N0MPM | Mike | |
Charlie | KC0RPS, W0NFW | Jim and George | |
Delta | K0SCC | Steve | |
Echo | KC0VJE | Louis | |
Foxtrot | WA0GEH, N0AUS | Marty and Al | |
Golf | WB0DKT | Glenn and Darren | |
Hotel | KB0YRZ | Chris | |
India | AE0SS | Nick | Ground Station |
Future I-Gaters:
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.
Prelim exposition from previous flight (EOSS-102)
Recovery Crews - There is a valve at the end of this tube with a lever. If the lever is aligned or parallel with the tube, it is open. If it is perpendicular or crosswise to the tube it is closed. The first recovery crew person to approach the AirCore should immediately close the valve sealing the air sample inside. Immediately report that you have sealed the experiment to station ALPHA, net control. This is valuable data for the experiment.
14 lbs of AirCore� planned to fly
Russ Chadwick sent this along: |
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Here's the impact absorber. It's made of 54 practice golf balls and will be on the bottom of the AirCore coil. The practice golf balls are tied together by 24 lateral loops of nylon string, 4 longitudinal loops and 8 diagonal loops. There will be an additional 24 practice golf balls to protect the sides of the coil. - Russ |
If you are interested visit:
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/index.php - for a global overview of the Global Monitoring Division of NOAA.
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/index.html - for the overview of Carbon Cycle in the atmosphere and ...
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/ - for current trends.
NOAA, updates detailing any changes to the experiment are most welcome as are links to NOAA pages covering this elegant device.
See our previous flight announcement for additional details about this system.
note: customers are welcome to submit detailed synopses of their flights or web links to their own web sites.