Specialist Bob heads out to sea once again to satisfy a contract for Kerbodyne over Area H1S7 53km northwest of KSC, gathering temperature data from the upper atmosphere
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Bob & Bill are prepping a high-altitude KerBalloon that Bob will take aboard MSV Tongjess later today to sail for bit.ly/Area_H1S7
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Bob is heading aboard MSV Tongjess, looking to set sail w/in the next 30min to be on station by 3rd sunset & ready to release at 4th sunrise
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Bob has commed in from Tongjess 53km to the north to report sun is up & they are standing by waiting for clearer skies & favorable winds
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monitoring team is on console at the Tracking Station & VAB roof dish has been oriented northward ready to receive data signal above horizon
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continuing to standby, KB team reports sky mostly clear but are unhappy w/winds out of SSE that could push balloon out of contract area
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KerBalloon team is scrubbing for today, out of time to release & recover before it grows dark. Will make another attempt at 2nd sunrise tmrw
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kicking off our 400th day of operations! Tracking Stn team on console waiting for word from KerBalloon team on how the weather looks today
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Bob has radioed in saying winds are favorable but skies are mostly cloudy with no end in sight. They will prepare to release & monitor Wx
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KerBalloon team are standing down for the day cycle & will try again after 3rd sunrise, reports Bob from aboard MSV Tongjess north of KSC
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coming up on 3rd sunrise KerBalloon team once again gearing up for possible release if weather cooperates. Tracking Stn is standing by
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balloon release! Skies mostly clear, KB team aiming for a large empty splotch of blue that should be over them when balloon hits upper atmo
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acquisition of balloon telemetry signal as it clears the horizon @ 1.3km. We can confirm good release, ascent rate 5m/s, all systems nominal
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envelope failure a bit short @ 23.8km but overall good ascent w/data collected from 17.6km. No comms to Tongjess, so awaiting recovery news
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MSV Tongjess is back in good comm range & happy to hear recovery was routine. Ship will drop off Bob & the payload on its way back to Umbarg
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catch up on the events of this past week via bit.ly/OpsSummary10-1… - we will update it later with details of the Mk5 launch
