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Sunday, 22 June 2008 11:32 |
BASE 24 Flight BASE 24 was launched at 13:06 UTC. Max altitude 88,300 feet. We watched the burst from Hope, Indiana town square. Observed final 5,000 feet of the descent. Recovered payload in a soybean field narrowly missing power lines and just short of a small grove of tall trees. Flight was 86 miles at a heading of 131 degrees.
More details tomorrow on the website: www.depauw.edu/acad/physics/base
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First Alaskan Balloon Flight |
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:55 |
After several months of preparation, we launched the BEAR balloon
flight #1 yesterday morning (Saturday May 10) at 10:09am and watched
in awe as it went to 95,170 feet before burst and subsequent descent.
Our initial flight planning included an airplane intercept with
on-board GPS/Radio tracking gear operated by two ham radio operators
who tracked the descending balloon and overflew the exact impact location.
Although we originally thought recover would be impossible, we were
thrilled with a near vertical ascent and descent with the balloon
package landing about 12 miles away and within 4-wheeler reach. Within
the next week, we are anticipating recovery of capsule 3 which
included a still camera set to taken pictures every 3 minutes as well
as a data logger.
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BASE 23 Flight: 2008 May 7 |
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Monday, 12 May 2008 12:14 |
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Launch: Tzouanakis Intermediate School, Greencastle, IN 12:45UTC Ascent Rate: 1250 ft/min Ascent Profile (.jpg) Ascent Rate (.jpg) Burst Altitude: 82,300 feet Landing Time: 14:32 UTC Landing Site: on US 52 southeast of Rushville, Indiana Launch video (.wmv) Burst Video (.wmv) Lost Lid Video (.wmv) A normal flight with early burst. The balloon returned in one large sheet attached to the nozzle, no stringing as has been seen on most flights. Lost the lid on part of one pod during the post-burst collisions between pods. Unusual ending, with the flight string being caught by a moving truck traveling east (actually southeast) on US 52. Student experiment with four small containers of liquids revealed that the distilled white vinegar and CocaCola behaved like water, and the oil lost temperature much quicker. (See graph) |
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