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TABEL-6 Flight Successful 9-01-08 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 10:11 |
Tue Sep 2, 2008 7:41 am (PDT) TABEL-6 was successfully launched at 10:45 AM CDT from 36 13.990N 086
28.220W.
The 7 pound combined payload and 8.5 pounds of nozzle lift gave a
fairly slow 600 FPM ascent.
Landing was at 2:16 PM CDT in the vicinity of 36 17.48910N 086
18.55955W, just north of Lebanon, TN.
All parts of the payload were recovered. The addition of the
experimental 26" drogue chute attached to the balloon worked well,
with the balloon partially wrapped around the drogue chute risers but
not enough to keep it from inflating and keeping the balloon away from
the main parachute.
Full mission results and links to photos and videos will be available
on the http://www.nt4bg.net website soon.
Bruce
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 September 2008 10:33 |
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BASE 26 Flight: July 10, 2008 |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 13 July 2008 12:07 |
BASE 26 was launched from the roof of the Julian Center (Lat: 39.64 deg N Long: -86.86 W)on the DePauw campus at 12:30 UTC today. Maximum altitude of 97,000 feet at 14:19 UTC. Average ascent rate of 880 ft/min. Balloon traveled a serpentine path of 78 miles and landing 43 miles at a heading of 106 degrees from Greencastle just southwest of Franklin, IN. Landing time was 15:02 UTC. We had an excellent visual following of the descent from 7000 feet above sea level. Landing was in a corn field near Youngs Creek (Lat: 39 deg 28.29 min and Long: -86 deg 5.11 min). Thanks to the floods of one month ago, the recovery was simplified by walking through the formerly flooded portions of the field. Some of the corn was just about head high, but not yet tasseled.
Data analysis is underway.
See some of you in Liberty for Superlaunch.
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BASE 25 Flight : June 30, 2008 |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 04 July 2008 10:32 |
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BASE 25 Flight: 2008 June 30 Launch: Northmont Schools, Crawfordsville, IN 14:55 UTC Ascent Rate: average of 1100 ft/min Burst Altitude: 97,800 feet Google Earth .kml file Landing Time: 17:09 UTC Landing Site: west of Greencastle in Putnam County Experiments flown: Relative Photometric Measurements of Absorption Lines of Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Ozone Polarization of Skylight - powered by a solar cell Flight was launched 5 minutes early in strong northerly surface winds. Payload was recovered by the resident in his raspberry patch.
BASE 25 was successfully completed today. Launch at 14:55 UTC. Surface winds were between 20 and 30 miles per hour. Average ascent rate of 1100 feet/min. Maximum altitude of 97,800 feet. Landing at 17:09 UTC. Recovered by the resident filling his outdoor swimming pool. Landing site was in a raspberry patch (berries not yet ripe). Great circle distance of 32 miles at a heading of 184 degrees from the Northmont School launch site.
Data analysis has begun and additional information should be on the website (www.depauw.edu/acad/physics/base) within the next 24 hours.
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Last Updated on Friday, 04 July 2008 10:56 |
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