Measure the temperature in flight above 19,300 meters near Jaalla’s Trough for CTC Exploration as part of a 3-launch sea voyage
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with today's succesful launch & recovery our next high-alt KerBalloon flights will be for contracts signed with SSTU & CTC next week on 1/24
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weather is looking good w/mostly clear skies expected to stay that way w/light & variable winds. Jeb will take the Civvie up at 2nd sunrise
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Simon reports that all 3 KerBalloon probes (2 high, 1 low) are ready for deployment tomorrow from the MSV Tongjess - bit.ly/KBSitesNautical
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chance of choppy seas to the south via reports from other ships, but MSV Tongjess is loaded up & heading out for bit.ly/KBSitesNautical
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Specialist Bill isn't too fond of extended sea voyages and has opted to sit out this mission. Will help monitor things from launch control
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Tongjess has reached Sector NM-1P9 and reports heavy seas, will continue south to Jaalla's Trough (bit.ly/KBSitesNautical)
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we have to scrub KerBalloon ops today, Tongjess was forced to put into port at Umbarg, merchant vessels report storm to south not abating
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Tongjess will head back out tomorrow if reports improve. Merchant fleet vessels are huge behemoths able to withstand rougher waters
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MSV Tongjess has left port at Umbarg for Jaalla's Trough, looking to be on station by 2nd sunrise. Calmer seas have been reported
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over-horizon comms relayed from Umbarg are dropping in & out but we confirm that Tongjess is on station to deploy a hi-alt balloon in 22min
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comms relay confirm high-altitude KerBalloon has been launched at Jaalla's Trough, launch control is awaiting AOS for data telemetry feed
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telemetry data link established, probe is currently 6.5km ASL climbing at 5m/s as normal, Flight has confirmed chutes are armed. All nominal
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temperature and aeronomical data have been gathered up to 24.9km, balloon has ruptured and we have now entered payload recovery phase
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chute pre-deployment was noted in vertical speed change, although TLM signal was lost before full deployment. Will await word from Tongjess
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we have confirmation - Tongjess has recovered the probe intact, is getting underway once again to head to Zone 5-0D for 2nd hi-alt deploy
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it's been a long day but mostly successful! MSV Tongjess is on its way to KSC after fishing the final probe out of the water with no issues
