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September 2011
Space Camera Live 1
11/09/11 1000 UTC
Main Payload with live image feed (SSDV)
Backup Payload with GPS & logger
Highly succesful launch with 1200baud RTTY
35700m altitude, 1600g, He.
Website, video, images, tutorial, etc
August 2011
CHAOS Astrium: D.U.S.T.
13/08/11 1030 UTC
Payload recovered.
Launch from EARS.
Particulate collection device, temperature, pressure & humidity sensors, camera.
Particulates collected between 9-11km (Upper Troposphere). Later EDX analysis revealed traces of Silica.
Successful temperature & pressure data comparison to ISA model.
Camera successful.
20348m altitude, 350g, He.
Nexus Report
IOP News Article
CHAOS Astrium Website
July 2011
CAT & BUDGIE
30/07/11 1230 UTC
Both payloads recovered
Launch from EARS
Cat (Helium) xxxxx m/xxxxx ft.
Budgie (Hydrogen) xxxxx m/xxxxx ft.(Watch the program to find out!)
Launch for James May's Man Lab program. Very high ascent rates. Payloads landed about 2 miles apart in corn fields.
Program due for transmission on BBC sometime Sept/Oct.
INFINITY
13/07/11 0930 UTC
Payload Recovered.
Launch from Boston Spa School
34469m/113087 ft.
Interesting launch all was well until the balloon failed to burst as predicted. Balloon then spent the next 4 hours coming down very slowly, a leak suspected. Landed just north of Bolton.
CLOUD1
10/07/2011 1030UTC.
Payload Recovered.
Launch location Brightwalton, Berkshire. Using Jupiter GPS with an alleged max altitude limit of 60000feet however payload successfully achieved 30114m/98799ft.
Some telemetry errors resulted in a fairly chaotic tracker map, issue seems to be coding and wasn't related to the prime meridian.
Camera failed but video ok.
Media
Prediction
Prelaunch Pictures
Filling the Balloon
Telemetry Received By All Stations (.txt)
Recording of Telemetry by 2E0UPU (.wav)
XABEN 13
3/7/2011 1330UTC
Payload recovered.
Achieved 36013m/118153 ft (2nd highest UK launch).
Balloon didn't initially burst and floated at 36km cross country for 2 hours before finally bursting just outside Shrewsbury.
Despite a fairly rapid decent the payload was recovered.
No camera on payload.
Tremendous turn out of receivers.
Media
HABE 1
2/7/2011 1300UTC
Payload recovered.
Achieved 35824m/117533 ft (3rd highest UK launch).
Camera failed.