Flight Recap for EOSS-18 7

07/10/2013 14:05 (CDT): Prelim Template, look for flight maps and data logs once the KPC3 log file has been obtained.

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• EOSS-187 - June 8, 2013 CU SGC flight Reimbursement

LAUNCH DATE: June 8th, 2013 (wx delay +1 day)
LAUNCH TIME EOSS-187: 7:04 am MDT (13:04 UTC)
LAUNCH SITE: Deer Trail, CO (driving directions to Deer TrailLaunch Site)

Pre-flight Prediction and Actual Tracks

E0SS-187 AE0SS-11

Blue = Actual Track
Green = Predicted Ascent Phase
Red = Predicted Descent Phase
Map made with MapPoint
Prediction made with Balloon Track

Green Track = Ascent
Red Track = Descent (NO DESCENT TRACK)
Prediction and Actual tracks made with Balloon Track
Maps by Google Earth

Launch Site - Deer Trail
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Launch Point: 39.61137� lat.   -104.04255� long.
Grid: X=21.38 Y=92.43
Ascent Rate: 1329 feet per minute
Descent Rate: 950 feet per minute
Altitude: 5205 feet
Predicted Landing Site
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Landing Point: 38.79036� lat.  -103.56284� long.
Grid: X=47.4 Y=35.7
Altitude: 5000 feet
Flight Time: 127 Minutes
Bearing: 155.5� True
Range: 62.2 Mi.
Actual Landing Site
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Landing Point: 39.03875� lat.  -103.83683� long.
Grid: X=32.6 Y=52.9
Bearing: 164.4� True
Range: 41.039 Mi.
Difference from Predicted to Actual Landing Site
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Bearing: 319.4� True
Range: 22.601 Mi.

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Final Pre-Flight Prediction is available here
Prediction History is available here

EOSS Flight Day Frequencies:

Tracking and Recovery Frequencies

Preflight Net:

• 147.225 MHz (107.2 HZ Tone) CRA Repeater, 8 pm MDT preceding night 
• 146.940 MHz (103.5 HZ Tone) RMRL Repeater if the CRA machine is down
• 146.640 MHz will serve as a backup frequency

Tracking and Recovery Operations  

• Front Range and out east 
  • 448.450 MHz PPFMA (100 Hz Tone)
• Field Simplex Frequencies   
  • 446.100 MHz simplex for field recovery operations for EOSS-187
  • Note: Some radios insist on incorrectly placing a negative 5 MHz offset when selecting frequencies from the simplex portion of the 70 CM band. Check your radio and if this is the case. Consider programming in this simplex frequency to a memory channel as some radios have demonstrated the annoying habit of re-inserting the offset if you momentarily shift to a repeater then return to the simplex freq. Check the operation of your radio on this simplex freq to be ready for however your radio behaves.
  • 146.550 MHz Backup field 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.

Ground Stations Frequencies

• Launch Site Simplex
  • 146.550 MHz
• HF - Possible ops
  • 7.235 LSB

EOSS-187 Balloon Payload Frequencies  

Beacons

• 147.420 MHz
  • CW ID: K0SCC-11

APRS

• 144.340 MHz
  • ID: AE�SS-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

• 147.420 MHz 

• ID: K0SCC-11
• slotted 15 and 45 after the minute

Flight Systems: 

EOSS-187

Payload Configuration: 

• EOSS-187_Payload_Plan_REV_G.doc

Payload Experiment Designer

Space Grant Consortium Demosats

Experimenters are welcome to submit websites for linking or overviews which I will post on a page on the EOSS website.

Internet Gateway Stations:

as seen on Findu.Com (listed alphabetically)

EOSS-187, AE0SS-11

• AE0SS - Nick Hanks at the Ground Station
• KB0TVJ  - Russ Chadwick, Launch Site
• KD0MBL - Heal Tew, Pueblo, CO
• N0EB-1 - Richard Beggs, Thornton, CO
• N0IX-12 - Doug Gentges, Mobile Igate
• N0PSJ - Christopher Holmes, Arvada, CO
• N0SPB - Shaun Bryant, Commerce City, CO

EOSS-187, K0SCC-11

• AE0SS - Randy Collander at the Ground Station
• KB0TVJ-4  - Russ Chadwick, Launch Site
• KD0MBL - Heal Tew, Pueblo, CO
• N0SPB - Shaun Bryant, Commerce City, CO

EOSS wishes to express our sincere appreciation to the stations above who iGated the balloon APRS telemetry onto the internet. Did you know I publish predictions for i-gates? I keep a list of everyone who has ever i-gated an EOSS balloon flight. You're all in the list so if you're wondering when the balloon will pop up over your horizon, check out this page for future flights.  Currently predictions are being made for 30 i-gates.

We are relying heavily on real time position information available on the net to allow the FAA controllers to have up to the minute location data to assist them in air traffic control.

Redundant stations for the balloon iGating provide excellent coverage. If you are able to iGate we invite you to join the Internet Gateway Team. Contact me (webmaster@eoss.org) to be put in touch with the coordinator. By joining the team, you are giving peace of mind to the iGate coordinator for that flight. He knows you'll be there and he can rely on you.

Naturally, anyone can iGate data onto the net and even if you aren't a member of the team we will welcome your contribution to the internet based tracking effort. If you callsign appears on the findu.com log, you'll be shown as a contributing station as those above are.

Having more than one station covering each APRS beacon means that should a station drop out momentarily, the others can often maintain the data flow.

Thanks again guys! The FAA (and EOSS) are very grateful for your assistance in this endeavor.

Future I-Gaters:

Check out the EOSS I-Gate page for information on how to participate and why we need you.

Current I-Gate Stations:

Guys, the prediction program used to determine the track of the balloon prior to flight can now output a prediction for the Rise, Closest Approach or maximum elevation, 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.

Tracking and Recovery Operations

The T&R Coordinator's Notes:

Hello Trackers!

Thanks to everyone for stepping up to this annual SHOT adventure. We will be flying only one, very heavy 3000 gram balloon.

We once again have a great crew and I am sure we will be successful. For this flight we will be joined by an aircraft from the EDGE group in Monument (David Patterson). The aircraft is deployed to take some interesting pictures and video and can be called upon for tracking assistance if needed. It will be designated �Air One�. Wasn�t there a movie? � never mind. Thanks to EDGE for this fun.

As per our new protocol, tactical Bravo is the backup Alpha for this flight. I will not be able to make the flight on Sunday, so Chris, KB0YRZ has agreed to run any required Sunday flight as Alpha. Thanks Chris!

Some trackers will advance to the launch site where there will be some breakfast bagels. At this time, there is no plan for a breakfast meeting place. Mark and I will be traveling from the Denver area directly to the predicted landing site. We will hook up with trackers in the field. The predictions are trending to about 15 miles WSW of Punkin Center. We have been here before and it is a road less world for 15 mile stretches. Be sure to fill up with gas Friday night, bring water and munchies.

The pre-flight net will again be hosted by John, KC0L at 8:00 on Friday. He did a great job last flight and is joining us again, traveling up from Texas. Thanks to John for running the net. Let�s all give him our support.

The net will be on the 147.225 machine as usual.

Operations: We have permission to use the PPFMA 448.450 machine, PL 100.0 for this tracking and recovery effort. (Thanks Don, WA9WWS) This machine should carry us to the east as far as we need to go.

Tracking and Recovery Grid

Tactical Call Signs

Text Recaps

Photos

Launch Site

• by Jim Langsted, KC0RPS
• by Nick Hanks, N0LP

Airborne

Recovery Operations

• by Jim Langssted, KC0RPS
• by Marty Griffin, WA0GEH

Audio

recorded but not edited or uploaded

Video

Data

EOSS-187 AE0SS-11

Text

• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_findu.txt - Findu Log
• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_findu_ts.txt - Findu Log with findu timestamps
• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_kpc3_log.txt - KPC3 Logs
• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_kpc3_airborne.txt - Airborne only from KPC3 Log
• full_packet_2013_06_08.log - Full Packet Log from APRS-IS for this flight (NEW)

 Spread Sheets

• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_Flight_Data.csv - airborne only Log ripped to spreadsheet format
• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_Telem_Data.csv - KPC3 Telemetry log (captured during flight)

Mapping Files

• eoss-187_ae0ss-11_recap.ptm - MapPoint file of the above recap
• EOSS-187_ae0ss-11_track.kml - Google Earth Track of the flight
• EOSS-187_predict_track.kml - Google Earth Track of the predicted flight path

EOSS-187 K0SCC-11

• eoss187/eoss-187_k0scc-11_findu.txt - Findu Log
• eoss187/eoss-187_k0scc-11_findu_ts.txt - Findu Log with findu timestamps