Data of the stratospheric balloon launched on 9/4/2006
For HASP (High Altitude Student Platform)
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Data of the stratospheric balloon launched on 9/4/2006For HASP (High Altitude Student Platform)
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Details of the balloon and launch operations
Launch site:Fort Sumner Municipal Airport, New Mexico, US Launch team: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility Balloon: Open balloon (zero pressure) Volume: Raven - 11.820.000 cuft Serial number: W11.82-1E-37 Flight identification number: 558N Campaign: - Payload weight: 1002 lbs Gondola weight: - Overall weight: 2000 lbs The balloon was launched by dynamic method with assistance from launch vehicle on September 4th at 15:51 utc. After a nominal ascent phase the balloon started a flight pathe due to the west and reached float altitude of 122.000 feet at 18:30 utc. At left can be seen a map showing the balloon path (click to enlarge). After a flight of near 18 hours the separation ocurred at 9:22 UTC of the next day while flying over Arizona. The impact was at 10:02 UTC in coordinates 35º 47' N / 112º 0' W, 42 miles N-NW of Flagstaff, Arizona. |
ImagesClick to enlarge.      © HASP team |
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Description of the payload or experiment
HASP (High Altitude Student Platform) Responsable institution: Louisiana Space Consortium Principal Investigator: Greg Guzick Is a multi-instrumented platform designed to carry up to twelve student payloads to an altitude of about 36 kilometers with flight durations of 15 to 20 hours using a small volume, zero pressure balloon. The payloads carried by HASP will be designed and built by students and will be used to flight-test compact satellites or prototypes and to fly other small experiments. HASP includes a standard mechanical, power and communication interface for the student payload, based upon a flight tested design wich simplifies integration, allows the student payloads to be fully exercised, and minimizes platform development/operation costs. In addition, HASP is lightweight and has simple mission requirements, thus providing maximum flexibility in the launch schedule. The state of Louisiana and the Louisiana Space Consortium have funded the construction and operation of HASP and the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) through the NASA Balloon Program Office has committed to flying HASP once a year for three years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance in flight and data obtainedThis first flight of the platform included the following experiments: Payload 01 - Empty Payload 02 - Infrared Thermal Balloon Experiment (ITBE): a system of three infrared detectors that point up towards the balloon. The intention of the experiment is to measure the temperature of the balloon skin during flight (University of Alabama, Huntsville). Payload 03 - GEOCAM: a camera taking pictures of the earth’s surface along the way. The course of the balloon should allow the camera to drift up and away from the starting point, thus allowing images of a broader area of the earth. These pictures will then be retrieved from the camera and quickly integrated with Google Maps API to observe current land features of areas the balloon floats over (Texas A&M University). Payload 04 - Florin Minigireanu's physics experiment (Louisiana State University) Payload 05 - ITBE Camera Payload 06 - ITBE Sensor Payload 07 - Empty Payload 08 - ITBE Sensor Payload 09 - Empty Payload 10 - High Altitude Balloon-Based Nuclear Emulsion Chamber (University of Louisiana - Lafayette) Payload 11 - Investigation of a Single Stage to Space Rocket Engine Nozzle (Louisiana State University) Payload 12 - Empty This flight also included as a piggyback additional payload, an experimental camera called "COSMOCAM" mounted on a side of the gondola and transmitting live from the stratosphere via internet and also a glider mounted too in the gondola programmed to be released when the balloon reached 30.000 feet. The airplane had a video system to transmit images of the descent but due to a malfunction, it was not able to send any images, and apparently landed in an unknown place west of the launch base and was not yet recovered. To obtain more details of the performance in flight of the instruments visit the web sites listed bellow in the references section. |
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External references and bibliographical sources
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