Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Balloon Specifics

Here is a rundown of the equipment for the balloon launch:

1200g kamont sounding balloon
3ft Parachute
Home made 1.5 inch syrofoam container with about 8 square inch interior
RDF beacon from Bigredbee operating in the 70cm band for secondary payload location during recovery
MicroTrak gps/aprs transmitter for primary location / gps reports operations on standard aprs frequency (144.39 Mhz)
Garmin gps lvc 18
Canon SD950 camera with 8Gb SD card running SDM
4 AA Lithium Battery pack for the camera
8 AA Lithium Battery pack for the MicroTrak/gps

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