A2 Aug 8th 2010
This was our official launch for the Hackerspaces in Space competition.
Launch Location
At 12:13:00 08/08/2010
Landing Location
Recovered at 2:44:45 08/08/2010
Balloon Track
Media:20100808-A2-KB3TAN-11.kmz
Weather Conditions
High of 84° partly cloudy with winds gusting at 10-15mph.
Equipment
Aerial
Balloon
KCI 1000 from Kaymont.
Enclosure
Scavenged Styrofoam cooler.
Parachute
3.6' orange ripstop nylon round parachute with eight 7' lines to the payload. 5" center vent with one 15' line to the balloon. Grommeted cord connection points.
Tracking
A home built controller based on the Micro-Trak 300 from Byonics. The radio module was a Radiometrix HX1-144.390-3. The GPS was a high altitude gps from Argent Data systems (https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=144).
Imaging
A damaged but mostly funtional Canon PowerShot SD300 using the CHDK firmware.
Electronics
None other than the camera and tracker.
Weight
Cost
Ground
Tracking
Tracked over the APRS network.
Results
The balloon made it to 97497 ft!
APRS track on aprs.fi: http://aprs.fi/?call=kb3tan-11&dt=1281225600&mt=roadmap&z=11&timerange=3600