University of North Dakota High Altitude Balloon Project
Last updated: November 2, 2007
Missions:
Free Flights:
- Flight #2007-2: November 3, 2007: 2M APRS.
- Flight #2007-1: APril 28, 2007: 2M APRS, balloonsats.
- Flight #2006-1: October 28, 2006: 2M APRS, balloonsat payloads.
- Flight #2005-1: September 10, 2005: 2M APRS, balloonsat payloads.
- Flight #2004-1: August 5th, 2004: "Capstone 2004": 2M APRS, ATV, more.
- Flight #2003-4: August 7th, 2003: "Capstone 2003": 2M APRS,
EE Cubesat solar power subsystem test.
- Flight #2003-3: June 30, 2003: "Zamboni-2": 2M APRS,
second flight of EE Zamboni microsatellite.
- Flight #2003-2: June 27, 2003: "DSC-1": 2M APRS, student-built
payload.
- Flight #2003-1: April 26, 2003: "Zamboni": 2M APRS,
EE Zamboni microsatellite.
- Flight #2002-4: December 14, 2002: "Mercury 4": 2M APRS, mercury trap
experiment.
- Flight #2002-3: September 28, 2002: "Mercury 3": 2M APRS, mercury trap
experiment.
- Flight #2002-2: September 10, 2002: "Mercury 2": 2M beacon, GPS/APRS,
mercury trap experiment.
- Flight #2002-1: August 19, 2002: "Capstone 2002 (Mercury 1)": 2M beacon, GPS/APRS,
mercury trap experiment.
- Flight #2001-4: September: "Sky-Eye III":
2M beacon, GPS/APRS, 8mm Camcorder, model rocket.
- Flight #2001-3: August 2, 2001: "Capstone 2001": 2M beacon, GPS/APRS,
8mm Camcorder, 35mm film camera with infrared film, mercury trap experiment.
- Flight #2001-2: June 30, 2001: "Sky-Eye II": 2M beacon, GPS/APRS,
8mm Camcorder, model rocket.
- Flight #2001-1: May 28, 2001: "Octagon": 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, Geiger counter,
TIQIT computer/new GPS, vertical and horizontal 35mm cameras.
- Flight #2000-9: Cancelled: "": Zero-pressure balloon with
GPS/APRS, dust collectors, Geiger counter, temperature sensors. The new modular payload bus
system will be tested.
- Flight #2000-8: Cancelled: "Venera": 8mm camcorder,
2M beacon, GPS/APRS, 440MHz repeater, Geiger counter.
- Flight #2000-7: September 17, 2000: "": Vertical and horizontal 35mm
cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, 440MHz repeater, Geiger counter, 8mm camcorder.
- Flight #2000-6: August 3, 2000: "Capstone": Vertical and horizontal 35mm
cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, 440MHz repeater, temperature logger.
- Flight #2000-5: July 22, 2000: "Octagon II": Vertical and horizontal 35mm
cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, Geiger
counter, temperature probes, and data loggers.
- Flight #2000-4: July 15, 2000: "Octagon": Vertical and horizontal
35mm cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, Geiger counter, seperate temperature probes and data logger.
- Flight #2000-3: June 29, 2000: "Phoenix III": Vertical and horizontal
35mm cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, Geiger counter, seperate temperature probes and data logger.
- Flight #2000-2: June 5, 2000: "Phoenix II": Vertical and horizontal 35mm
cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, additional temperature probe and data logger.
- Flight #2000-1: April 8, 2000: "Phoenix": Vertical and horizontal
35mm cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, 440MHz band ham repeater (single freq., parrot repeater).
- Flight #6: November 18, 1999: "Leonids mission" (Payload #4): Sony Hi8
camcorder (low light mode), 2M beacon, GPS/APRS, dust collector, strobe light (required for
night operations).
- Flight #5: October 9, 1999: "Payload #3": Vertical and
horizontal 35mm cameras, 2M beacon, GPS/APRS transmitting on 2M, plant seeds.
- Flight #4: July 17, 1999: "Nautilus": Vertical 35mm camera,
horizontal 35mm camera, 2M beacon, dust collector, 35mm film passive experiment.
- Flight #3: June 12, 1999: "Payload #2, second flight": Vertical 35mm
camera, 2M beacon, dust collector.
- Flight #2: May 29, 1999: "Payload #2": Vertical 35mm camera, 2M beacon,
dust collector.
- Flight #1: October 24, 1998: the "Margaret-Myrtle": Proof of concept:
Vertical 35mm camera, 2M beacon, dust collector.
Our payloads transmit on a freq of 145.600 MHz, FM. Audio tones for tracking and
identification (CW), ended by an APRS packet in Mic-E format.
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