Specialist Bob heads out to sea south of KSC at Site T3KCSD to await good weather in order to gather pressure data during ascent up to 1kPa for Glowing Kraken Industries
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Bill has set off w/3UTVs for a 95km trek to bit.ly/Site_WK71 while Bob heads down to Umbarg via access tunnel to board MSV Lymun
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relay airship coming on station to let us monitor Bill's progress while Lymun makes ready to set sail shortly for bit.ly/Site_T3KCSD
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good skip from Lymun via Umbarg, in position but we prefer not to recover @ nite over water & contract good for anytime so 3rd sunrise it is
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Tracking Station is monitoring signal bands for any launch from MSV Lymun this day cycle in case we are not able to receive a comm from them
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no word from Lymun but they are now well past the point of being able to release & recover before dark, so we will wait again @ 4th sunrise
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comm from Lymun, skies finally clearing this day cycle *before* time is up to launch. They are finishing up prep to release their balloon
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Tracking Stn has AOS as the KerBalloon climbs through 1.5km aiming to gather pressure data all the way up to 1kPa before envelope failure
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KerBalloon has reached the upper atmosphere @ 18+km & ascent remains nominal, currently racing WSW @ 22m/s - upper-level winds can be fast!
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POP! balloon is falling from 24.8km, chutes armed. Lymun not far behind & is ready to recover, will return with payload directly to KSC tmrw
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glad we got 1 release today. Bill's crew still No Go, will try again tomorrow @ 2nd sunset while Bob preps low-alt units for later this wk
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here is yesterday's release. Depending on which way the wind is blowing, UTVs may not be needed to recover balloons launched from sea
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Weeeeeeekeeeennnddd!! Also month end! Everyone is excited for all the cool stuff Oct will bring. But first, a recap! bit.ly/OpsSummary9-25…
