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Eclipse Balloon Launches - 20/03/15

Eclipse Balloon Launches - 20/03/15

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There will be multiple balloon flights tomorrow morning from around the UK and beyond with cameras to downlink images of the solar eclipse. Due to the resolution of the cameras and the rotation of the payloads it may not be possible to view the eclipse itself however good chance of seeing the shadow.
Track the balloon flights : habhub
Discuss: #highaltitude on irc.freenode.net webchat
SSDV Images (Live)
- OLAF
- MAJORA
- MARVIN
- KRYTEN
- EAGLE
APRS
- GEMINI 1

BBC Stargazine Live

Launch Site: Leicester Racecourse
Launch time: 0800

Pi #1 (camera with solar film):
- MARVIN: 434.300MHz, RTTY, 910Hz shift, USB, 300 baud 8 N 2 (SSDV + Telemetry)
- ZAPHOD: 434.350MHz, LoRa, Implicit mode, Bandwidth 20.8kHz, Error coding 4:5, SF6

Pi #2 (bare camera):
- KRYTEN: 434.400MHz, RTTY, 910Hz shift, USB, 300 baud 8 N 2 (SSDV + Telemetry)
- RIMMER: 434.450MHz, LoRa, Implicit mode, Bandwidth 20.8kHz, Error coding 4:5, SF6

Backup
- BUZZ 434.315MHz 425Hz, 50 baud, 7 N 2 (Telemetry)

fsphil

Launch Site: Cookstown, NI
Launch time: 0700

Callsign: EAGLE 434.250 MHz RTTY 300 baud 8N2 - (SSDV + Telemetry)

Southampton University Space Flight

Launch Site: Pepperbox hill, Salisbury
Launch time: 0700

MAJORA: – 434.211MHz, 600bd RTTY, 600Hz Shift, 8n2 – (SSDV + Telemetry)
OLAF – 434.149MHz, 300bd RTTY, 880Hz Shift, 8n2 – (SSDV + Telemetry)

University of Birmingham

Payload of undergraduate student experiments including a high quality stills camera.

Launch Site: Selly Park, Birmingham
Launch time: 0900

GEMINI 1 - 434.5 MHz, APRS AX.25 packets containing GPS information

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