Specialist Bob launches from sea aboard MSV Lymun to gather pressure data from Site JF-455 and temperature data from Zone TR-001, suffering a partial & uncharacteristic failure during one ascent
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Bob has departed from Umbarg aboard MSV Lymun to launch two low-altitude balloons. Seas are reported to be mild, good for recovery ops
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30km from Umbarg, Lymun is on station @ bit.ly/Site_JF-455 prepping balloon release. Bill is helping monitor ascent from Tracking Station
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Bill says we have acquisition of signal @ 1.6km as the balloon clears the horizon, working up towards 16.5km at a nominal rate of about 5m/s
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we have envelope failure? Just shy of 13km balloon telemetry shows vertical speed is negative, it's falling. Odd, but chutes are armed & ready
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Bob has pulled the payload out of the water & they made sure to collect as much of what remained of the balloon as possible for analysis
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Lymun is now prepping to set sail for bit.ly/Zone_TR-001 & we will have to hope for better results from the second balloon later today
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56km downrange to the east of us, Lymun has been waiting on station for sunrise & just let go with their second balloon. Awaiting signal acquisition...
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balloon telemetry is coming in through Tracking Station as it clears the horizon @ 1.4km, once again we're planning on an ascent up to max altitude of 16.5km
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good ascent for our 2nd payload of the day, envelope failure occurred on schedule @ 16.5km & Lymun is in position to recover upon splashdown
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payload recovery has been successful & Lymun is heading back for KSC to drop it off w/ Bob, who's already been spending time inspecting previous envelope for any obvious defects
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we've sent what's left of yesterday's envelope to KerBalloon for further analysis but Bob says it's most likely a minor defect, nothing obvious found. We're not treating this partial ascent failure as a problem yet, but hopefully KB can make improvements to their manufacturing
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another week behind us, make sure you didn't miss anything & get some additional details on events in our bit.ly/OpsSummary11-6…
