Commander Valentina rotates into the cockpit to take a Civvie out over the Kerblantic for atmospheric samples after climbing to altitude doing a crew report over Sector SL-5K for Silisko Industries
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bit.ly/GenesisProgram has landed its 1st crew report contract in a while, will pair it w/ more atmospheric sampling tmrw w/Val rotating in
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good weather, so Val is on her way to walkaround & preflight Civvie #1 for a science mission w/aerial observation of bit.ly/Sector_SL-5K
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rdy to taxi, Val has clearance for takeoff from Rwy09 w/ winds 10-12kts @ 127, will climb to 3km after departure while observing Sec. SL-5K
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Val is @ 3km & turning to head out south over the Kerblantic near Umbarg. Altitude will let her glide back to land in case of engine failure
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Tracking Station reports loss of signal, we are now receiving data & comms via our ground station @ Umbarg. Val has just declared "feet wet"
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Atmospheric Fluid Spectro-Variometer collection scoops opened & science data transmission has begun, nominal bitrate of 511Kb/s reported
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101km south of KSC Val has come about to head back northward, wing cam looking east out over a choppy Kerblantic. 327.27Mb downlinked so far
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792Mb of data completes this science run, Val is now @ 4.4km, 18km south of KSC turning crosswind (north) to begin descent to land Rwy09
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lined up for final approach, terrain markers in sight, Jeb is reminding Val to come in a bit faster than normal thx to drag from instrument
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Val bumped down a bit harder than usual for her, taking 3 short bounces before settling, is now taxiing to the HAB. Overall, a great flight!
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time to close out the work week! As usual, review of this past week & extra details available in our Ops Summary: bit.ly/OpsSummary6-19…
