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-====== UKHAS 1 ====== +[[:projects:ukhas:ukhas_1]]
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-===== Payloads +
-  * [[.:mihab:mihab3_glider_master_unit|MiHAB 3]] +
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-===== Data and Pictures ===== +
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-  * Pictures from MiHAB 3 can be  +
-  * [[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2226281095117039146&hl=en-GB|Video from MiHAB 3]] +
-  * {{projects:ukhas1_tracker4.kml|GPS Log (KML format)}} +
-  * Pictures from XABEN1 can be found [[http://www.randomsolutions.co.uk/xaben1/xaben1.htm | here]] +
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-===== Launch Data ===== +
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-** UKHAS 1 has been found in Essex and has been collected** Some damage to payloads due to parachute failure. +
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-** LAUNCH : 1.20pm 3/2/07** +
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-** LAUNCH IS __ON__**  (07:44, 3/2/07)** +
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-** Weight change for Tracker 4 - lift + max altitude //has been// recalculated** +
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-==== Flight Information ==== +
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-Launch Location : Churchill College, Cambridge (Backup Sunday EARS launchsite Elsworth confirmed //Reminder - RADAR reflector will need to be constructed//) +
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-Launch Window : Saturday 3rd Feb - 10.30am +
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-Launch Preparation Begins : 9.00am +
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-Flight Plan : Climb to 31km, Cutdown (under Tracker 4 control), Parachute down. +
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-Communication Frequencies : +
-  * GSM  +
-    * XABEN1  (O2) +
-    * Tracker 4 +
-  * Radio   +
-    * XABEN1 - 434.075MHz +
-    * Tracker 4 - 434.650Mhz RTTY 50 baud +
-    * mc-'s payload - 434.075MHz - every minute for 15 seconds +
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-Proposed Flight Data: +
-    * Balloon - 1000g +
-    * Payload - 1700g +
-    * Ascent Rate : 320m/min for free lift of 1.3Kg +
-    * Helium needed: 3.9 cu m +
-    * Predicted Burst: 30,200 m (99,000 ft) +
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-==== Weather ==== +
-  * 850mb - Northerly 10-20 knots +
-  * 200mb - North-Westerly 10 knots +
- [[http://www.wunderground.com/global/Region/i_UK/2xJetStream.html|Jetstream]] +
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-==== Team ==== +
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-Launch Co-ordinator:  +
-  * James Coxon //(jcoxon)// +
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-Launch Team :  +
-  * James Coxon +
-  * Ed Moore +
-  * (Ben Firshman) +
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-Payload Team : +
-  * XABEN1 and mc-'s payload - Steve Randall +
-  * Tracker 4 - Henry Hallam + Greg Chadwick +
-  * MiHAB 3 - Laurence Baxter +
-Recovery Team :  +
-  * Steve Randall //(RocketBoy)//  +
-  * Henry Hallam +
-  * Laurence Baxter +
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-==== Equipment ==== +
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-Balloon Size : 1000g +
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-Parachute Size : __54"__ gives 4m/sec decent rate +
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-Cutdown Device : Fergus-type explosive, with mechanical pin-pull backup.  Both controlled by Tracker 4 based on distance/ +
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-Payloads:  +
-  * XABEN1 - 600g +
-  * mc-'s payload - 250g +
-  * Tracker 4 - 600g +
-  * Mihab 3 - 230g +
-    * Total = __1680g__ +
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-Proposed Train Order : Balloon -- RADAR reflector - Cutdown -- Parachute -- Tracker 4 -- mc-'s payload -- Mihab 3 -- Cutdown -- Parachute -- XABEN1 +
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-==== Things to do ==== +
-  * Organise helium - done +
-  * Organise Launch site - done +
-  * CAA Permission - done +
-  * Weather Forcast - done  +
-  * Build radar reflector //(jcoxon)// +
-  * Check radio freqs - done +
-  * Sort out recovery team +
-  * Monitor weather //(jcoxon)//+
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