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-The payload stopped descending at a surprisingly high 361 metres. It had landed in a forest on a mountain, 11 metres up a tree. The first attempt to recover it failed, but we'll be returning soon to have another go.+We managed to receive telemetry all the way to the ground and after landing. It stopped descending at a surprisingly high 361 metres, which turned out to be because it landed 12 metres up a tree in a small forest on a mountain. The first two attempts to recover it failed, finally managing to cut it down on the third go. We used a 10m pole with a hook knife on the end to cut each of the four cords holding the payload up. 
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 +==== Images ==== 
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 +All images including the live SSDV images can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fsphil/sets/72157626013096240/
projects/hadie.1308042024.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/06/14 09:00 by fsphil

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