Horus 30
Technical information:
Launch date | 7/10/12, 1:26:21 UTC |
Landing date | 7/10/12, 2:43:16 UTC |
Flight duration | 1 hour, 16 minutes |
Launch site | -35.127, 138.8475 |
Landing site | -34.7235, 140.1770 |
Flight path | |
Distance traveled |
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Maximum altitude | 11,010 m |
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Flight computer | MicroNut Flight Computer |
Additional payloads | Osiris Cutdown Payload, GoPro HD Hero |
Primary radio TX |
Radiometrix NTX2 25mW (RTTY) |
Telemetry | 300 baud RTTY, CRC16 checksum |
Tracking | Ground stations (distributed listener), 3 chase cars, web based tracker |
A fairly short launch, in an attempt to get some video, and check out a few of the cars tracking systems. The payload was observed to be travelling at 300km/hr, which was about when we decided enough was enough, and triggered the cutdown!