Mission: L06

Synopsis:

We launched L06 without incident at 8:30AM Central Time on Saturday September 25th, 2004 at our North Dakota launch site. Wind was zero and visibility was unlimited. The balloon was actually visible throughout the duration of the flight. Recovery team members were able to observe the burst with the naked eye. We had one GPS packet that read an altitude of 100,080 feet. Flight was able to receieve data all the way up to 99,000 feet before loosing the signal. We reaquired the signal at various points during the descent, finally getting a lock at about 30,000, and loosing the signal over the horizon at 10,000 feet. Recovery picked up a signal throughout the entire flight. The Concorida Payload was loaded onto the balloon for the entire flight. The took temperature measurements as well as pictures through out the entire flight. Upon recovery, the command module antenna was bent, but the Command module and payload remained intact. We couldn't have asked for a nicer day to launch. The mission was a complete sucess.

Flight Information:

Date: September 25th, 2004
Launch Site: 15 miles south of Valley City, ND  ::  Map
Launch Coordinates: Latitude: 46.74583 N, Longitude: 97.98074 W, Altitude: 1200 feet
Launch Time:  8:30 AM Central Time
Flight Time: 2 hours
Maximum Altitude 100,080 feet
Burst Coordinates COMING SOON
Landing Coordinates 46.43621 North, 97.75583 West

Personnel:

Mission Manager: Greg Nelson
Launch Director: Adam Thoreen
Flight Director: Adam Thoreen
Recovery Director: Jason Mintz
Launch Team: William Duppler, Sam Napit, Greg Nelson, Jason Mintz, Kyle Flanagan, Megan Williams
Flight Team: Adam Thoreen, and Megan Williams
Recovery Team: Jason Mintz, Kyle Flanagan, William Duppler, Sam Napit, Greg Nelson, Paul Seifert
Payload Team: Paul Seifert, William Duppler

Flight Data:

Ascent Rate vs Time Bearing vs Time Distance vs. Time Altitude vs Time Radio Footprint Ascent Rate vs Altitude Latitude and Longitude Image Speed Speed

Pictures:

Pictures taken by Adam Thoreen
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Pictures taken by the Payload Camera (scanned from film)
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All pictures from L06 (more coming soon)
Web site maintained by Adam Thoreen
Last updated: October 25th, 2004