{"id":506,"date":"2014-07-09T08:03:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T07:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris-stubbs.co.uk\/wp\/?p=506"},"modified":"2014-07-09T08:06:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T07:06:48","slug":"cars-high-altitude-balloon-launch-01-july-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris-stubbs.co.uk\/wp\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"CARS High Altitude Balloon Launch 01 July 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Stubbs M6EDF launched a High Altitude Balloon from the CARS club night at the Oaklands Museum on the 1st of July 2014. This page contains information on the flight of <strong>CARS1<\/strong> for those interested in tracking the flight.<\/p>\n<p>The flight started at 19:50BST on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>19:50BST \u2013 Flight launched from Oaklands Museum, Chelmsford<\/li>\n<li>23:05BST \u2013 The balloon has passed Maidstone, heading South, floating at 4,600 metres<\/li>\n<li>00:00BST \u2013 The balloon left the East Sussex coast, floating over the English Channel towards France<\/li>\n<li>02:50BST \u2013 This was the last packet received here in Southend, showing CARS1 halfway across the English Channel heading to France<\/li>\n<li>06:45BST on Wednesday morning, the balloon was still in flight, over France at 5,400metres, but no packets have been received as of 0720BST. Voltage of the single 1.5 volt battery has dropped to 0.7V, so CARS1 may be flying but no longer be transmitting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Flightpath<\/h3>\n<p>To see where \u201cCARS1\u2033 is, go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenear.us\/tracker\/?filter=CARS1\">http:\/\/spacenear.us\/tracker\/?filter=CARS1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-01.jpg\" alt=\"CARS1 \/ Cheapo 13 as of 23:05 01 July 2014\" width=\"475\" height=\"247\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-12.jpg\" alt=\"Last reported position of CARS1 as of 0645BST 02 July 2014\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-13.jpg\" alt=\"Altitude achieved by CARS1 as of 0645BST 02 July 2014\" width=\"525\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Frequency<\/h3>\n<p>As of 23:05 local, I\u2019m tracking a very strong signal on <strong>434.293MHz<\/strong> <strong>USB \u2013 <\/strong>Stations tracking at this time include G6GZH, G0TDJ, M0JCU, PB0AHX, G6SUQ, M6EDF, F5APQ, M0PSX, F1OIL, G4MYS, G7OGX, G8KNN-1, G8KNN, G8JZT, G0WXI, ASTRA_J, G0CXW_2, G8APZ<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-10.jpg\" alt=\"Receiving CARS1 data from Southend-on-Sea\" width=\"525\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last packet received here in Southend-on-Sea was at 0354BST, but it continued to be tracked by others beyond that point.<\/p>\n<h3>Chat with Chris<\/h3>\n<p>As of 23:00, Chris M6EDF is in the High Altitude chatroom:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webchat.freenode.net\/?channels=highaltitude\" target=\"_blank\">webchat.freenode.net\/?channels=highaltitude<\/a> \u2013 Just made contact to thank Chris for his talk and to confirm he\u2019s very audible in Southend-on-Sea<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-11.jpg\" alt=\"High Altitude chatroom - chatting to Chris M6EDF\" width=\"525\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>CARS-1 Launch Video<\/h3>\n<p>A short video showing the launch and the tracking of this HAB flight:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHsz55ehN8M\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"323\" width=\"575\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>CARS-1 Photos<\/h3>\n<p>Pictures of the launch and presentation 01 July 2014 at Oaklands Museum, for the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society July Club Night\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-05.jpg\" alt=\"CARS1, released by Chris M6EDF at the CARS club night\" width=\"525\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-08.jpg\" alt=\"Watching the balloon head off at Oaklands Museum 01 July 2014\" width=\"525\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-06.jpg\" alt=\"CARS1 on its way, one minute after take-off\" width=\"525\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-09.jpg\" alt=\"Chris M6EDF starting his presentation at CARS\" width=\"525\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-07.jpg\" alt=\"The CARS1 balloon and payload\" width=\"525\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-03.jpg\" alt=\"Chris, showing the audience where the balloon had reached after 15 minutes of flight\" width=\"525\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-04.jpg\" alt=\"The audience at the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society's July meeting\" width=\"525\" height=\"291\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-02.jpg\" alt=\"Chris M6EDF and John G1UZD, with CARS1 in the background on-screen\" width=\"525\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/cars1-balloon-07.jpg\" alt=\"The CARS1 balloon and payload\" width=\"525\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more on this, see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/news\/cars-1-high-altitude-balloon-video.html\">CARS-1 High Altitude Balloon Video<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Article by Pete M0PSX &#8211; http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/news\/cars1-hab.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Stubbs M6EDF launched a High Altitude Balloon from the CARS club night at the Oaklands Museum on the 1st of July 2014. 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