7Mar/100
Upcoming launch
The weather is holding up & looking great for our launch tomorrow.
We're hoping to get the balloon in the air at about midday, launching from near Mt Barker. We're using a smaller balloon this time, so our overall altitude will not be as great - the balloon will burst around 18-20km.
This launch will mainly be to test higher baud rates - the payload will be switching baud rates as it gains altitude, the baud rate profile will be as follows:
- 0-5 km altitude: 50 baud
- 5-7 km altitude: 100 baud
- 7-9 km altitude: 150 baud
- 9-11 km altitude: 200 baud
- 11-13 km altitude: 300 baud
- 13+ km altitude: 50 baud
The payload will return to 50 baud for descent to give greatest tracking reliability.
The telemetry has been re-worked to use a stronger checksum (CRC16), which should help us with the higher baud rates we'll be testing during the flight.