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HacDC Spaceblimp 4

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Spaceblimp-4 sucessfully launched and retrieved: April 10, 2011 10:00 AM


Launch Details

Planned launch date: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Launch time: 10:00 AM, Launch should take less than an hour.
Launch Location:
Time: we moved the location, ended up arriving around 11am
Where: Breezewood Elementary School‎
Address: 133 North Main Street, Breezewood PA 15533-8142
Lat/Long: 39.9970,-78.2440
Coordination/Talk-in: 146.685 MHz simplex
Planned Altitude: 100,000 feet
Actual Altitude: 103,764 feet
Planned Ascent Rate: 1,300 ft/min
Actual Ascent Rate: ?? ft/min
Planned Descent Rate: 1,000 ft/min
Actual Descent Rate: ?? ft/min
Primary Beacon: Tiny Track 4 with 0.5 W transmitter on 144.390 MHz, call sign W3HAC-11 (map). $3 GPS module
Secondary Beacon: Son-of-WhereAVR with ublox GPS. Yaesu VX-1 handi-talkie with 1 W Transmitter, call sign W3HAC-12 (map), Frequency 432.225 MHz
Payload: Still camera, HD video camera, Geiger counter to measure cosmic rays, a nine degree of freedom Inertial Measurement Unit, accelerometer, pressure, light and temperature sensors.

The balloon is a 2000g Kaymont/Totex with 291 cubic feet of helium. The total weight of the capsule is about five pounds.

HacDC Spaceblimp Project:
Main Page Press Page First Launch (Found) Second Launch (Successful)
Third Launch (Successful) Fourth Launch (Successful) Fifth Launch (3% short of goal) Sixth Launch (Successful) Seventh Launch (Successful)


HacDC Spaceblimp Team Contact Info:
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