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Come join us for the launch, at ____. | Come join us for the launch, at ____. | ||
Or follow along at home! | Or follow along at home! | ||
There are two radios on board the blimp that transmit out the GPS data: | |||
The secondary radio is actually a modified cell phone, and will broadcast its data when in range of a cell tower. You can follow that Twitter feed through [http://twitter.com/#!/SocietyofRobotz Society Of Robots Twitter Feed]. | * The primary is tied to the GPS and transmits out to a network of amateur radio people who then pass the location information on to get mapped here: [http://aprs.fi/?call=W3HAC-11 APRS.fi] and run through some custom software to a Twitter account which you can follow on your phone: [http://twitter.com/#!/DCSpaceblimp DC Spaceblimp Primary Twitter Feed]. (Click the link in the Twitter to pull up a map!) | ||
* The secondary radio is actually a modified cell phone, and will broadcast its data when in range of a cell tower. You can follow that Twitter feed through [http://twitter.com/#!/SocietyofRobotz Society Of Robots Twitter Feed]. | |||
== Payload == | == Payload == | ||
Revision as of 02:52, 8 July 2011
Spaceblimp-5 Planned Launch: July 9, 2011
Summary
HacDC Spaceblimp 5 is set up for launch on Saturday morning 10:00 AM.
This time we're going for altitude. By using a larger balloon, hopefully it will burst at a higher altitude, 120k feet predicted.
Come join us for the launch, at ____.
Or follow along at home!
There are two radios on board the blimp that transmit out the GPS data:
- The primary is tied to the GPS and transmits out to a network of amateur radio people who then pass the location information on to get mapped here: APRS.fi and run through some custom software to a Twitter account which you can follow on your phone: DC Spaceblimp Primary Twitter Feed. (Click the link in the Twitter to pull up a map!)
- The secondary radio is actually a modified cell phone, and will broadcast its data when in range of a cell tower. You can follow that Twitter feed through Society Of Robots Twitter Feed.
Payload
The payload contains a couple cameras:
- a video camera (Canon Zi6)
- a still camera (Canon Powershot A-480) running custom firmware to hopefully get better exposures from space
and a lot of instrumentation:
- a geiger counter
- 9 degree-of-freedom inertial measurement unit
- high-speed (50 sample/sec) accelerometer
- internal and external temperature sensors
- humidity sensor
- air pressure sensor
- IR and visible light sensors
- a solar panel, hooked up to measure the voltage
Launch Plans
| Planned launch date: | Saturday, July 9, 2011 |
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| Launch time: | 10:00 AM, Launch should take less than an hour. |
| Launch Location: |
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| Coordination/Talk-in: | 146.685 MHz simplex (this might change, please monitor Twitter (@HacDCSpaceblimp) and mailing list for updates. |
| Planned Altitude: | 120,000 Feet |
| Planned Ascent Rate: | 1,000 feet/minute |
| Planned Descent Rate: | 1,000 feet/minute |
| Primary Beacon: | Son-of-WhereAVR with ublox GPS. Yaesu VX-1 handi-talkie with 1 W Transmitter, call sign W3HAC-11 (map), Frequency 144.390 MHz |
| Secondary Beacon: | GSM mobile phone modue, uBlox GPS |
| Payload: | 9 DOF IMU, Geiger counter, temperature, pressure, humidity, and light sensors |
| [email protected] |
| Subscribe to the Spaceblimp email list |