Specialist Bob leads a crew aboard the Maritime Service Vessel Lymun to Site Q-WL9 & Site Z-6O4 to gather pressure data for L-Tech Scientific Industries and Reaction Systems Ltd, respectively
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2 UTVs have set out to recover yesterday's KB payload, Bill leading while Bob stays at KSC to plan two sea launches for the end of this week
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Bob has secured MSV Lymun for Friday to launch & recover 2 high-altitude payloads for KerBalloon out over the Kerblantic
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Bill & Bob prepping 2 KB payloads for tomorrow; VAB prepping for Mk5 booster arrival next wk; HAB readying Civvie on tarmac for flight today
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Bob is taking the balloons to Umbarg to ship out tomorrow, as usual Landlubber Bill is staying behind & will monitor the mission from KSC
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KSA HQ in Umbarg reports MSV Lymun has set sail w/ Specialist Bob & KB crew to be on station by sunrise. Weather remains clear, winds calm
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comms relayed thru Umbarg reports Lymun is centered in launch zone & crew is prepping for launch to release as soon as Wx confirmed viable
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launch reported, Tracking Station says VAB roof dish is aligned south ready to pickup telemetry signal once balloon clears the horizon
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we have acquisition of signal (AOS) from the balloon payload, now @ 1.8km beginning its ~5m/s vertical ascent to as high as 24.9km
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we have envelope failure short of max altitude @ 23.9km, slowing ascent denoted minor icing. Lymun has kept pace & is in the area to recover
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recovery of the payload was successful, altho no one is buying Bob's story about being hot & needing a swim to cool off during the operation
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setting sail now for their next destination ~100km to the north, Lymun crew will launch their 2nd balloon at 3rd sunrise if weather holds
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good comms bounce from MSV Lymun, crews are still seeing fair weather & getting the balloon ready for release if sunrise confirms conditions
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once again great weather conditions with the sunrise & balloon has begun its ascent to the upper atmosphere, which is beyond 18km ASL
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now facing northeast, the VAB roof dish has begun receiving telemetry signals from the payload @ 1.6km. Controllers settling in for ascent
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much better ascent this time, reaching 24.7km before envelope failure. Calm seas allowed Lymun to easily keep pace, upper winds light also
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recovery operations successful, another routine mission! We like those. Lymun will return to port & Bob will be back at KSC this weekend
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conclusion of the KerBalloon mission ends our ops for this week, catch up on what else went down w/add'l details: bit.ly/OpsSummary8-21…
