Bill & Bob head down to Umbarg so a balloon can be launched just offshore over Jeschel’s Luck for Albert Kerman Industries. The question is – where will it come down?
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AKI has returned to KerBalloon for a 2nd contract even though we failed their last one, confident in our more traditional balloon launching
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Bill & Bob are leading a crew down to Umbarg w/ a KerBalloon to launch from bit.ly/Jeschels_Luck. Recovery could be over land or sea
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Bob is deploying with the MSV Tongjess just offshore from Umbarg to launch the high-altitude balloon, hoping for favorable weather to remain
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3rd sunrise is here, Tongjess is in position for launch, seas are calm but skies are not clear. KB team standing by, monitoring weather
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KB team finally has clear skies over the launch site & have deployed gas envelope to begin ascent, aiming for maximum altitude of 24.9km
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balloon has cleared the horizon & Tracking Station has a lock on telemetry signal. Altitude is 4.2km ASL & ascent rate is nominal @ 5m/s
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Bob reports the balloon is currently tracking eastward, although wind direction can change westward as it rises. Bill is standing by on land
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ascent terminated due to envelope failure @ 24.1km, balloon still over water & Tongjess has kept pace, ready to recover. Chutes are armed
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successful recovery reported, Tongjess is heading back to port in Umbarg where Bob will rejoin Bill & head back to KSC thru access tunnel
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another busy week wraps up here at KSC. Even if you saw it all, additional info almost always included in our bit.ly/OpsSummary6-12…
