After flying out to Ockr the crew takes an airship to Sector M-J8B4 to release for L-Tech Scientific Industries & gather weather data that could help forecasts for the new surface colony to the south
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Kerbal Space Agency
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high-altitude KerBalloon crew will be releasing a payload up over the mountains from the highlands between Ockr & Sheltered Rock as ongoing studies continue work to improve weather forecast models for various regions of the planet, especially near the future surface colony
Kerbal Space Agency
@KSA_MissionCtrl
high-altitude KerBalloon team are hopping on a Dhumla flight out to Ockr where they will then take an airship out to bit.ly/Sector_M-J8B4 for their release. Fixed-wing flight predictably starting to take over for inter-regional travel
Kerbal Space Agency
@KSA_MissionCtrl
the sky is barely brightened over here but the high-altitude KB crew 512km northeast has daylight already to send up their payload. We are receiving telemetry data and this photo via the comm relay leading to Sheltered Rock, perched on that flat peak in the far distance
Kerbal Space Agency
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high-altitude KerBalloons still have to deal with icing issues that can lead to early envelope failure but after nearly 1.5hrs of ascent the payload almost made it to max altitude of 25km. Crew is tracking its descent for recovery
Kerbal Space Agency
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KerBalloon crew is on their way back to Ockr after successfully locating and recovering the payload, which thankfully did not come floating down over any challenging terrain. They will be back at KSC by the end of the day with the precious science data
