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Flight: 8/21/10  Liftoff time: 10:47,  Touchdown time: 11:49,  Recovery time: 12:20
<nowiki>Flight: 8/21/10  Liftoff time: 10:47,  Touchdown time: 11:49,  Recovery time: 12:20
Total flight time: 1:02 (62 minutes)
Total flight time: 1:02 (62 minutes)
Liftoff to recovery time: 1:33 (93 minutes)
Liftoff to recovery time: 1:33 (93 minutes)
Touchdown to recovery time: 0:31 (31 minutes)
Touchdown to recovery time: 0:31 (31 minutes)</nowiki>
 
Weight of payload/chute: 1lb 13oz
Weight of payload/chute: 1lb 13oz



Revision as of 22:19, 24 August 2010


A collection of stuff about HacDC's near space initiatives, including the Hackerspaces In Space Contest entry (2010).


Documentation / Press

Spaceblimp-2

Flight: 8/21/10 Liftoff time: 10:47, Touchdown time: 11:49, Recovery time: 12:20 Total flight time: 1:02 (62 minutes) Liftoff to recovery time: 1:33 (93 minutes) Touchdown to recovery time: 0:31 (31 minutes)

Weight of payload/chute: 1lb 13oz

Total cost of launch:

Airframe:

Balloon: 800g Kaymont/Totex latex weather balloon cost: $?

Fill: 180 cubic-feet Helium - cost: $90

Chute: Rocketman flat 18" - cost: $?

Capsule: Insulated lunch pail

Payload:

Canon model ? running CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) intervalometer script - cost: $20 Canon li battery cost: $3.25 Canon 2GB SD card: $6

Falcom (uBlox based) GPS receiver + Serantel Antenna module - cost $47 Radiometrix VHF Narrow Band 300mW transmitter - cost $38

Ultralife U9VL-X Lithium-Manganese Dioxide non-rechargable battery cost: $7

Flight computer - cost $? Atmel ATMega328P microprocessor based, toner transfer & hand soldered board, two I2C temperatue sensors, I2C EEROM, cut down switch, software derived from WhereAVR


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