Pong-1 found!
Pong-1 has been retrieved from a cattle ranch after radio reception was lost in the final few minutes of descent. More information can be found on on their site: Pong-1
Posted on Apr 02, 2008 by James Coxon · Comment [516]
Spirit of Knoxville (SNOX IV) Launched
UTARC have launched their Spirit of Knoxville zero pressure balloon. Launched from Knoxville, USA its aim is to cross the Atlantic and land in Europe or Africa. At present it is at 11698m altitude and has begun to cross the ocean.
Live tracking and more information at Spirit of Knoxville
Posted on Mar 11, 2008 by James Coxon · Comment
Firefly (FHALP-2) Found!
Firefly (FHALP-2) was launched from EARS, Cambridgeshire on 10/02/08 and was tracked by radio (Morse on 434mhz) and also visually to apogee. At apogee contact was lost and despite search in a variety of forecast landing sites the payload was not found.
Update 28/02/08 – Firefly (FHALP-2) was found intact in a field in Cambridgeshire by a member of the public who contacted us. Ed Moore retrieved the payload and has extracted the photos from the camera payload.
More information can be found:
http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/doku.php/missions:firefly:fhalp-2
Posted on Mar 02, 2008 by James Coxon · Comment
Nova 3 Found
On Sunday 7th January 2007 UKHAS were meant to launch a train of payloads however due to electronics failure no module was in a position to launch. Instead we attached a PIC controlled cutdown on a timer, the old Peg III radio beacon, a radar reflector and parachute to a 350g balloon and called it Nova 3.
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 Nova 3 was found in Germany near to the Danish Border at: 54.7442 N, 8.4665 E a distance of 620km from the launch site.
The payload has been arranged to be sent back so more information when it arrives home.
Jcoxon
Posted on Jan 23, 2007 by James Coxon · Comment
High Altitude Balloon Flickr Group
We have created a high altitude balloon Flickr group for any high altitude related pictures! It would be great to see everyone’s construction and flight photos up on there.
There are already pictures of Ben’s cutdown device, Nova 1 PCB designs and a variety of pictures from the Pegasus Project including some unpublished Pegasus II launch photos.
Posted on May 25, 2006 by Ben Firshman · Comment
UKHAS is formed
We are an umbrella organisation linking different high altitude projects together in an attempt to provide a forum to share infomation.
Though focusing on the UK everyone is welcome to get involved. Much of the dicussion takes place on the IRC channel #highaltitude on Freenode, so if you are interested head over there.
How to get involved:
- Come and chat on #highaltitude on Freenode.
- Add yourself and your project to the wiki.
Posted on Apr 20, 2006 by Ben Firshman · Comment