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== Launch Location ==
== Launch Location ==
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41.5365,+-80.76215&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.04407,79.013672&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16 Colebrook, Oh]


== Landing Location ==
== Landing Location ==
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== Weather Conditions ==
== Weather Conditions ==


83° mostly sunny low winds.
High of 83° mostly sunny nearly no wind.


== Equipment ==
== Equipment ==

Latest revision as of 12:20, 9 August 2010

LEAD Balloon Project

This was our first test balloon. It achieved a height of 97k feet and then stopped transmitting and has not yet been recovered.

Launch Location

Colebrook, Oh

Landing Location

Not recovered.

Weather Conditions

High of 83° mostly sunny nearly no wind.

Equipment

Aerial

Balloon

KCI 1200 from Kaymont.

Enclosure

Scavenged Styrofoam cooler.

Tracking

A Micro-Trak 300 from Byonics.

Imaging
Electronics

Weight

Cost

Ground

Tracking

Tracked over the APRS network.

Results

APRS track on aprs.fi: http://aprs.fi/?call=kb3tan-10&dt=1281225600&mt=roadmap&z=11&timerange=3600 (may not stay valid for more than a few days after the launch)

Images