Making a short traversal via UTV out to the grasslands west of KSC, a release over Zone 7NW3XV for the Field Research Team aims to collect additional pollen data to augment quarterly Civvie flights
Kerbal Space Agency
@KSA_MissionCtrl
low-altitude KerBalloon team will be making a short sojourn out to the grasslands west of KSC next week to release a balloon and see if the data gathered can help augment Civvie flights to record pollen levels in the atmosphere
Kerbal Space Agency
@KSA_MissionCtrl
low-alt KerBalloon crew has departed via Utility Task Vehicle to head out on a 32km traverse to the grasslands west of KSC for a release over bit.ly/Zone_7NW3XV. Depending on terrain conditions, it should take them ~1hr & they plan to release next day cycle
Kerbal Space Agency
@KSA_MissionCtrl
Tracking Station was receiving telemetry from the KerBalloon since shortly after release & it has now burst at max altitude of 16.5km (<5kPa pressure) after a 55min ascent. Crew will recover it after descent under chute and return to KSC by the end of the day
Kerbal Space Agency
@KSA_MissionCtrl
KB crew is back at KSC, reports the payload was recovered but damaged due to 1 of 2 chutes failing. Science data is intact however as designed in the event of only 1 good chute so mission remains a success while some new parts will need to be ordered
