Heading over 100km out to sea, Specialist Bob & his crew handle the launch and recovery from Site L-7H1 to satisfy Tiberdyne Aerospace’s interest in temperature data
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Bob & Bill getting rdy to head out on separate KB missions next wk, 1 for land 1 for sea both hi-alt so packing supplies to wait out good Wx
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two new contracts signed yesterday for bit.ly/KerBalloonProg… to gather high-altitude temperature & pressure readings scheduled for Aug 1
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Bob has left with one KerBalloon for Umbarg to ship out aboard MSV Tongjess tomorrow. Bill has all 3 UTVs ready for departure at 2nd sunrise
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Bob has just set sail w/ MSV Tongjess. Both he and Bill have ~100km to travel today in order to get to their respective launch sites
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Tongjess is on station & reports decent conditions, mostly clear w/seas <1m. Will prep to launch & standby to see if weather holds
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launch reported from Tongjess, Tracking Station says they are ready to receive telemetry signal once the balloon pops up over the horizon
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we have acquisition of signal (AOS) as the KerBalloon passes thru 7.8km heading for 24.9km if all goes well during the ascent
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controllers monitoring the sea launch ascent report envelope failure @ 24.1km, within normal limits. Tongjess has tracked & ready to recover
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Bob has radioed in: good recovery, Tongjess prepping to head back to Umbarg w/ payload. Tiberdyne Aerospace is yet another happy customer 🙂
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Bob is back in Umbarg and will return to KSC tomorrow after making sure the balloon data is delivered to Tiberdyne HQ there in the city
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5th Mk4 is ready for rollout on Monday reports Simon. bit.ly/ProgenyMk4-4 has final update. Ops summary: bit.ly/OpsSummary7-31…
