Objective
To test the Icarus III PCB
Technical Data
| Launch Date | 15 May 2010 |
| Launch Time | 12:30:50 UTC (13:30:50 BST) |
| Launch Lat, Lon | 52.251217,-0.091828 |
| Landing Date | 15 May 2010 |
| Landing Time | 14:23:49 UTC (15:23:49 BST) |
| Landing Lat, Lon | 52.173077,-0.400255 |
| Flight Duration | 1:52:59 hh:mm:ss |
| Total Distance | km |
| Max Altitude | 35,059 m ( 35.059 km) |
| Average Ascent Rate | 3.733 m/s (13.440 km/h) |
| Average Descent Rate | 23.580 m/s (84.890 km/h) |
| Max Descent Rate | 59 m/s (184.894 km/h) |
| Impact Speed | 10.908 m/s (39.268 km/h) |
| Payload Mass | 1.000 kg |
| Balloon Mass | 3.000 kg |
| Total Mass | 4.000 kg |
Pictures
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Description
This launch was a great success in many ways however it highlights two points to me. One larger balloons are not the only parameter in getting high altitude. I’m not sure that the increase in size and weight will actually achieve spectacularly different results.
Lessons learnt and improvement in the future
