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Balloon Flights Completed - BASE 35
Started Apr. 4, 2009
How do we get the data from the StratoSAT software and the HALO pod?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Howard Brooks Apr. 2, 2009.
MapPoint 2009 - 1.2 GByte file! Long time to download
Started Apr. 1, 2009
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Bernhard,
The EOSS program has a much more complicated interface. However, it also leaves a nice record of its predicted path for comparison with other predictors. You can get the total predicted data file, like U Wyo, and compare points along the…
Here's another site that works fairly well. The descent tail may be a little long. Watch your units :)
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuspaceflight/predict/index.php
Howard
BASE 45 at Greencastle, Indiana to Crawfordsville, Indiana
July 6, 2010 from 9am to 12pm
BASE 45 is scheduled for tomorrow. Launch will occur from the roof of the Julian Science Center on the DePauw campus (39.64 N, 86.86 W). It is anticipated that launch will be before the scheduled 10 AM EDT (1400 UTC). Hopefully, we will be in the ai…
BASE 42 at Greencastle, Indiana launch
April 29, 2010 from 1pm to 7pm
The 42nd flight of the Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (BASE) program of DePauw University will be on Thursday, 29 April. Launch is scheduled for 1700 UTC (1 pm EDT) from the roof of the Julian Science and Mathematics Center on the DePauw…
Bernhard,
One drawback may be the GPS unit in the cell phone. I believe that the MIT students lost contact for quite awhile, especially above the 60 kft elevation. As is true with some independent GPS units, the software may be mis-written to block…
Bernhard,
Cell phones are, to the best of my knowledge, legal. Some MIT students flew a balloon last fall with only a cell phone as their tracking system. Here's a link:
http://space.1337arts.com/
Howard
Camille,
We've been flying a StratoStar system for 3+ years (41 flights so far). I'd be happy to answer any questions that you have. I know that StratoStar has made some changes to their system, but the basics are the same.
Of course, I am also co…
Dear friends,
BASE 41 went up came down and we brought everything home. Less than five hours and 125 miles on the vehicle for the entire trip.
Only two significant problems.
One - the 144.39 MHz APRS radio had developed some battery problem that…
Dear friends,
BASE 41 went up came down and we brought everything home. Less than five hours and 125 miles on the vehicle for the entire trip.
Only two significant problems.
One - the 144.39 MHz APRS radio had developed some battery problem that…
BASE 41 Schedule at West Central Indiana
March 18, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
BASE 41 will fly tomorrow - 18 March. Launch at close to 1700 UTC (1 pm Eastern Daylight Time) as possible from Crawfordsville, Indiana. Anticipated landing near North Salem, Indiana.
Dear Ken,
You might want to contact Jason Krueger and see if StratoStar is planning to build an off-the-shelf command controllable cutdown device. I know they have worked on timed cutdown devices to terminate flights that go on for too long.
The E…
Dear Kenneth,
Most active cutdowns utilize amateur radio frequencies requiring a licensed radio operator to control the radios. Here is a link to a simple cutdown device developed by the Edge of Space Sciences group in eastern Colorado:
http://www…
Any updates on the possibility of this conference? The time is approaching to set our summer flight schedule.
Almost all of our balloons have been purchased from Kaymont (www.kaymont.com) - Paul is great to work with.
Our parachute supplier is Spherachutes (www.spherachutes.com) Don't forgot to order the crossed cords over the vent hole to attach the ballo…
Susan,
The timing of the conference depends on the distance that the participants have to travel. For the folks within a couple of hours by car, I would think a 1/2 day - full day format would be fine. Start in the early afternoon of day one (1 pm…
If I have students for summer research, then a conference could work for us. I wonder about the length of the conference. I understand the balance between enough time to be worthwhile versus the expense of travel and lodging.
I don't know that a ba…
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BASE 41
Dear friends,
BASE 41 went up came down and we brought everything home. Less than five hours and 125 miles on the vehicle for the entire trip.
Only two significant problems.
One - the 144.39 MHz APRS radio had developed some battery problem that
was not noticed during the reprogramming and recharge earlier this
week. The emergency battery pack that was quickly spliced into the
power input failed at a connector to one of the batteries (evidentally
at about 25 kft… Continue
BASE 41 went up came down and we brought everything home. Less than five hours and 125 miles on the vehicle for the entire trip.
Only two significant problems.
One - the 144.39 MHz APRS radio had developed some battery problem that
was not noticed during the reprogramming and recharge earlier this
week. The emergency battery pack that was quickly spliced into the
power input failed at a connector to one of the batteries (evidentally
at about 25 kft… Continue
Posted on March 19, 2010 at 8:57am —
BASE 40
Launch is still a go for 8:10 Eastern Time this morning.
Here is the flight prediction for 1500 ft/min ascent and burst at 80 kft.
Howard
Here is the flight prediction for 1500 ft/min ascent and burst at 80 kft.
Howard
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 4:09am — 3 Comments
BASE 34 successfully completed
BASE 34 was successfully completed on 12 March 2009. Launched from the roof of the Julian Science and Mathematics Center on the DePauw campus, the flight reached a maximum altitude of 103,800 feet. Landing occurred between Potsdam and Laura, Ohio. The payload landed in a tree,
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Posted on March 13, 2009 at 3:30pm —
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 3:31pm on March 8, 2009,
Jason Krueger said… - We can get you the payload by Wednesday. A long flight is ok with us, we just want to do another balloon-to-balloon link test.
Can you write a blog entry about a technical topic or a story about a recovery?
Thank you - Jason
- At 2:32pm on March 5, 2009,
Jason Krueger said…
- Howard - What time are you going to launch on March 12th? Would you have 2lb or so to do a HALO link test with us?
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