Project Horus High altitude balloon project

30Oct/140

LaunchBox Launch, Take 2

EDIT: Launch moved from Saturday to Sunday due to weather conditions.

The second attempt at the LaunchBox launch will be happening on Sunday the 9th of November, subject to weather conditions.

If it all goes ahead, the two balloons will be lifting off sometime between 10am and 11am on the day,В carrying experimentsВ from schools around the state.

The currentВ lineup of telemetry payloads is as follows:

Launch #1 (approx. 10AM)

Main Telemetry: 434.450MHz, 50bd RTTY,В "VK5ARG-1"

UniSAВ Experimental payload: 439.200MHz, GFSK (not decodable without custom hardware)

Launch #2 (approx.В 11AM)

Main Telemetry: 434.500MHz, 50bd RTTY, "VK5ARG-2"

More to come...

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28Oct/141

Horus 26 27 Video now up

It's been a long time coming, but the video for Horus 26 and 27 is now up! A big thanks to Grant VK5GR for putting this together!

 

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