LAUNCH TIME: May 23, 2006 8:05 am Central Time
LAUNCH LOCATION: Columbia Scientific Balloon
Facility, Palestine, Texas (31.78317 deg N, 95.72333 deg W)
BURST TIME: May 23, 2006 12:18 pm CST
BURST LOCATION: 31.6332 deg N, 95.8482 deg W
BURST ALTITUDE: 108,938 feet
TOUCHDOWN TIME: May 23, 2006 12:51 pm CST
TOUCHDOWN LOCATION: 31.5867 deg N, 95.8359 deg W
 | Primary Beacon: APRS, 144.340 MHz, ID = K5LSU-11 |
| Secondary Beacon: APRS, 144.390 MHz, ID = W5GIX-11 |
| Direction Finding Beacon: 445.975 MHz |
| Balloon Manufacturer | Kaymount |
| Balloon Type | latex |
| Balloon Size | 3000 gram |
| Nozzle Lift | ~17.6 pounds (estimate) |
| Free Lift % | ~5.6 pounds (estimate) |
| Ascent Rate | 1000 fpm (target) |
| Descent Rate | 1200 fpm (estimate) |
| Peak Altitude | 105,000 ft. (target) |
| Launch Conditions | TBD |
| Parachute: | Skyangle 60" - 372 grams |
| Cutdown Apparatus: | Nichrome heating element to melt nylon cord attaching top of parachute to balloon. Controlled by ground command through location beacon transceiver. Contains own batteries and battery heater - 142 grams |
| Location Beacon: | Modulated FM Morse Code beacon every 45 seconds, Radio Shack HTX-400 transceiver transmitting at 445.950 MHz at about 300 mW, Flexible half wave J-pole antenna, PIC 16F84A microcontroller and DTMF command decoder - 385 grams |
| Primary Beacon: | Kenwood TH-D7 transceiver transmitting at 144.340 MHz at about 4 W, Sending ARPS packet data on a 30 second interval, Call sign K5LSU-11, Garmin GPS-25LVS, Passive conformal patch antenna for GPS - 777 grams |
| Antenna: | Half wave flexible J-Pole - 80 grams |
| Experiment A: | MRE (McNeese) - Thermal Study |
| Experiment B: | HUSP (LaTech) - UV, Humidity |
| Experiment C: | GR2 (LSU) - Cosmic Rays |
| Experiment D: | ATTIDET (LSU) - Accelerometer |
| Secondary Beacon: | Kenwood TH-D7 transceiver transmitting at 144.340 MHz at about 4 W, Sending ARPS packet data on a 60 second interval, Call sign W5GIX-11, Garmin GPS-25LVS, Passive conformal patch antenna for GPS - 670 grams |
| Antenna: | Half wave flexible J-Pole - 80 grams |
| Structure: | Flight train string, spreader bar, payload clips - 100 grams |
| Total weight of payload string is < 12 pounds |