Fwd: [FPSPACE] Fwd: [Launch Alert] High Altitude Balloon Flight Scheduled

[Christopher Gorski]

Hey, folks,

 

Here's a thing:  Arizona Near Space Research is flying a payload for several student groups at once, paid for it seems on some STEM grant money.

 

I don't know how heavy their payload is, though having THAT MUCH student gear sounds like they're above the 4 lbs. unregulated limit... 90kft with a 3kg balloon seems to indicate that too.  Maybe they have several 4-lb. capsules attached to one balloon and are legal that way? 

 

But it seems to me we could probably be flying student payloads too--we can ABSOLUTELY do 90kft if somebody's paying for the gas and cell!   (Far as I know our best guess is still 120kft based on the location of the moon in the NSL-3 pictures...)

 

 

If anybody's got a less busy morning than I have, we as a group might be curious to know what kinds of payloads they're flying from what kinds of schools, and we could think about 'pitching' similar educational experiments... it could pay for flights for us, and it would be nice if our hobby ended up doing somebody some good too.  (I'm sure there are legal requirements for receiving grant money, but we can figure out the paperwork if/when we get there...)

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

--me

 

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Launch Alert
Sent: 4/26/2012 3:37:25 AM
To: Launch Alert
Subject: [Launch Alert] High Altitude Balloon Flight Scheduled

                                   
                             LAUNCH ALERT
                                  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-al...@earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
                      
                               2012 April 25 (Wednesday) 20:28 PDT
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                HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON FLIGHT SCHEDULED
     Reprinted with permission from Arizona Near Space Research
                           www.ansr.org/

Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) is pleased to announce the flight
of ANSR-68. This high altitude balloon flight will take place on
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. The launch site will be the
University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center, near Maricopa, AZ
(33 deg 04.42 min, 111 deg 58.97 min). The final launch site choice
will depend on the predicted winds aloft. Watch for additional
announcements prior to launch day.

The balloon will be a 3000-gram weather balloon, filled with helium.
The expected burst altitude will be 90,000 feet or more. The flight is
anticipated to last about 2.5 hours from launch to touchdown.

The balloon will carry ten student-built payload packages containing a
variety of scientific apparatus as well as digital cameras to
photo-document the flight. This flight is part of the NAU and Arizona
Space Grant "Changes in Altitude" program. This project involves six
elementary, Middle and High Schools from across Arizona. We thank NAU
and AZ Space Grant for helping us fulfill our goal of "Promoting
Science and Education through Amateur Radio and High Altitude
Balloons."

APRS Beacons will transmit position information as follows: KA7NSR-11
and KA7NSR-12 both on 445.950 MHz, KA7NSR-13 on 144.34 MHZ

The ANSR Cross-Band Repeater will operate with an input frequency of
145.56 MHz with a 162.2 Hz tone, and an output of 445.525 MHz. While
contacts (especially DX) are welcome, please give priority to chase
team members. It is planned to place the repeater on IRLP node 9256.

The Sunday prediction for the flight of ANSR-68 is for a track of 56.3
miles on a bearing of 101º, or 29 miles NE of Picacho Peak and 23
miles ESE of Florence. This prediction is based on the model at
www.habhub.org and is 8 miles longer than the previous prediction. A
prediction using Balloon Prediction 0.9.1.2 lands 7 miles south of
Habhub.

The Jetstream is forecast to be way to the north with just a mild
southeasterly flow over Arizona. High temperatures are predicted to be
near 90ºF. No precipitation is forecast.

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newsletter may be used without identifying Launch Alert as the
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