Archive page and recap of CNNSP-11

The archive page for CNNSP-11 is available by clicking on the link at the right, under Previous Missions and Information 

or you can click <here>

-Rog KC0MWM

CNNSP-11 *** Photos ***

A recap of the flight from launch to recovery will be coming in the following days, but I wanted to make the photos available as soon as possible. 

Launch / Recovery Photos

The GoPro camera took a photo every 5 seconds and recorded video the entire duration of the flight. The video will be made available at a later date when I get time to do some editing.

Aerial Photos


-Rog

Final Prediction for CNNSP-11 and NSTAR 16-B

Click here to track online
(once balloons are airborne)

Things are looking good for tomorrow's flight from the east side of the 

Edgerton Explorit Center in Aurora

I spent the afternoon going over the last minute details and packing the Jeep for the chilly chase tomorrow.

 I'm looking forward to this dual-flight with my Mentor to this hobby, Mark Conner, N9XTN from Omaha.

1 Day Forecast for CNNSP-11 / NSTAR 16-B

Very consistent track predictions all week. Track length is just over 100 miles southeast, with a landing south of Pawnee City, NE. Should be a cool day for a drive with highs in the low 60's. Cloud cover should be much less than predicted earlier this week.

-Rog

2 Day Forecast for CNNSP-11 / NSTAR 16-B

There has been little change in the track prediction and the weather for Saturday's flight. It should be a cool morning, mostly cloudy, northwest wind around 10 mph, and temperature in the 40's with a slight chance of rain at launch time. 

110 mile track to northeast Kansas

Brad and Allen from ARAN stopped by last night to drop off the APRS Pi-gate they built for use during Saturday's flight so I could run it through a few tests. Worked like a champ.

Flight Details for CNNSP-11 on Saturday, 14-May-2016

I've been a little scatter-brained with last minute preparations for the upcoming flight, but thought I should share a few details as I've had some folks inquiring.

The Central Nebraska Near Space Program along with Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur Radio will be launching two weather balloons

Saturday, 14-May-2016 on behalf of the
Edgerton Explorit Center in Aurora, NE.

Launch Time: 9:15 - 9:30 AM CDT
Location: East side of Edgerton Explorit Center

Google Map Link of location

What kind of equipment will be in the payload containers?

• (2) APRS trackers consisting of GPS, microprocessor, amateur radio transmitters operating on 144.390 MHz and 144.360 MHz
• (2) GoPro cameras for in-flight recording of photos and video
• (1) CW - Morse Code Beacon transmitting "KC0MWM Balloon" about once a minute on 146.565 MHz
• (1) SSTV - Slow Scan Television transmitter on the Martin 1 mode at 443.450 MHz
• In flight monitoring of temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure data will also be available on one of the APRS signals.

The balloons can be tracked online at the aprs.fi website using the following link once the balloons are airborne

http://bit.ly/1NJ8qm4

CNNSP APRS trackers will be KC0MWM-11 and KC0MWM-12

NSTAR APRS trackers will be N9XTN-11 and N9XTN-12

Additional updates can be found on our Twitter feeds
@KC0MWM
@N9XTN

4 Day Forecast for CNNSP-11 / NSTAR 16-B

Not much change in the current track forecast...