Objective
To range test how far the Radiometrix NTX2 will transmit. This mission is GPS free so it won’t be a perfect science but using the CUSF predictor and the flight time it will give a pretty good indication as to how far the balloon has travelled and hence the distance achieved by the Radiometrix transmitter. Ideally a GPS would be sacrificed too but that would cost another forty five pounds!
Technical Data
| Launch Date | 21 September 2008 17:00:14 |
| Launch Lat, Lon | 53.65547, -1.670267 |
| Landing Date | 21 September 2008 17:10:48 |
| Landing Lat, Lon | 53.47900, 0.099833 |
| Flight Duration | 0:10:34 hh:mm:ss |
| Total Distance | 0 km |
| Max Altitude | 297m (0.297 km) |
| Average Ascent Rate | N/A |
| Average Descent Rate | N/A |
| Max Descent Rate | N/A |
| Impact Speed | N/A |
| Payload Mass | 0.980 kg |
| Balloon Mass | 0.500 kg |
| Total Mass | 1.480 kg |
| Power | 2x9v PP3 Lithium control board and beacon; 4xAA Servo |
| Transmitter | Radiometrix TX 434.650 MHz 10mW |
| GPS Receiver | Trimble Lassen SKII |
| Camera | Canon Digital Ixus 400 |
| Servo | Futaba S3003 |
| Temperature Sensor | DS1821 -50 to 100 deg C |
