====== UKHAS 1 ======

===== Payloads =====
  * [[projects:mihab:mihab3_glider_master_unit|MiHAB 3]]
  * [[http://www.randomsolutions.co.uk/xaben1/xaben1.htm |XABEN 1]]

===== Data and Pictures =====

  * Pictures from MiHAB 3 can be found on the [[projects:mihab:mihab3_glider_master_unit|MiHAB 3 page]]
  * [[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2226281095117039146&hl=en-GB|Video from MiHAB 3]]
  * {{projects:ukhas:ukhas1_tracker4.kml|GPS Log (KML format)}}
  * Pictures from XABEN1 can be found [[http://www.randomsolutions.co.uk/xaben1/xaben1.htm | here]]

===== Launch Data =====

** UKHAS 1 has been found in Essex and has been collected** Some damage to payloads due to parachute failure.

** LAUNCH : 1.20pm 3/2/07**

** LAUNCH IS __ON__**  (07:44, 3/2/07)**

** Weight change for Tracker 4 - lift + max altitude //has been// recalculated**


==== Flight Information ====

Launch Location : Churchill College, Cambridge (Backup Sunday EARS launchsite Elsworth confirmed //Reminder - RADAR reflector will need to be constructed//)

Launch Window : Saturday 3rd Feb - 10.30am

Launch Preparation Begins : 9.00am

Flight Plan : Climb to 31km, Cutdown (under Tracker 4 control), Parachute down.

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


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)


==== Weather ====
  * 850mb - Northerly 10-20 knots
  * 200mb - North-Westerly 10 knots
 [[http://www.wunderground.com/global/Region/i_UK/2xJetStream.html|Jetstream]]







==== Team ====

Launch Co-ordinator: 
  * James Coxon //(jcoxon)//

Launch Team : 
  * James Coxon
  * Ed Moore
  * (Ben Firshman)


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

==== Equipment ====

Balloon Size : 1000g

Parachute Size : __54"__ gives 4m/sec decent rate

Cutdown Device : Fergus-type explosive, with mechanical pin-pull backup.  Both controlled by Tracker 4 based on distance/

Payloads: 
  * XABEN1 - 600g
  * mc-'s payload - 250g
  * Tracker 4 - 600g
  * Mihab 3 - 230g
    * Total = __1680g__

Proposed Train Order : Balloon -- RADAR reflector - Cutdown -- Parachute -- Tracker 4 -- mc-'s payload -- Mihab 3 -- Cutdown -- Parachute -- XABEN1




==== 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)//