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| Inspired by the work of the UTARC team and their near trans-atlantic crossing with SNOX IV the aim of Atlas is to be a co-operative attempt to break the Amateur Highest GPS Reported Maximum Altitude with a balloon which at present stands at 120,522ft (36744m). | Inspired by the work of the UTARC team and their near trans-atlantic crossing with SNOX IV the aim of Atlas is to be a co-operative attempt to break the Amateur Highest GPS Reported Maximum Altitude with a balloon which at present stands at 120,522ft (36744m). | ||
| - | While in the early planning stages the present plan is to put together an exceedingly light payload and use a dual balloon system to lift the payload to up to an altitude of 130,000ft. Launching from EARs it will be necessary to carefully monitor the weather to chose a day when there is little to no wind (similar to the FHALP-2 launch) which will allow a slow ascent rate without the risk of landing in the sea. | + | While in the early planning stages the present plan is to put together an exceedingly light payload and use a dual balloon system to lift the payload to up to an altitude of 130,000ft. Launching from EARS it will be necessary to carefully monitor the weather to chose a day when there is little to no wind (similar to the FHALP-2 launch) which will allow a slow ascent rate without the risk of landing in the sea. |
| The project is open to everyone who is involved in UKHAS, if you want to be involved get in touch either by email jacoxon@googlemail.com or join in discussions on # | The project is open to everyone who is involved in UKHAS, if you want to be involved get in touch either by email jacoxon@googlemail.com or join in discussions on # | ||
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| * Parachute | * Parachute | ||
| * Drogue? dual parachute system? | * Drogue? dual parachute system? | ||
| - | * 18" thin mil ripstop nylon chute (24g) | + | * 18" thin mil ripstop nylon chute (12g) - or 15" may do (8g) |
| * Payload (150g) | * Payload (150g) | ||
| * Badger1 Flight Computer (18km+ GPS, GSM and Radio (RTTY 434mHz)) | * Badger1 Flight Computer (18km+ GPS, GSM and Radio (RTTY 434mHz)) | ||
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| * Administration + Weather - //jcoxon// | * Administration + Weather - //jcoxon// | ||
| * Ground software (inc ASCII cocoamodem) - //jcoxon// | * Ground software (inc ASCII cocoamodem) - //jcoxon// | ||
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| * Steve Randall (rocketboy) | * Steve Randall (rocketboy) | ||
| * Fergus Noble (fnoble) | * Fergus Noble (fnoble) | ||
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| * Li-Po batteries about 140mWh/g | * Li-Po batteries about 140mWh/g | ||
| * A123 rechargable lithiums 110mWh/g | * A123 rechargable lithiums 110mWh/g | ||
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| + | * GU container (ID 110mm x 110mm x 110mm - ID 90mm x 90m x 86mm) - 24g | ||
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