Launch updates – Launch on Jan 16th from Johnson Valley ,CA.

Jan 16th 2018 Launch day

Weather looking very good for FS1 launch this morning. Predictions show a flight path in a South Easterly direction towards Joshua Tree from our planned Johnson Valley, CA launch point. Expecting launch around 1800 UTC. Tune 28.140mhz usb for FSQ telemetry. #HAB #HamRadio

Jan 13th 2018 – Update

Winds and weather continue to be favorable for launch as scheduled on Jan 16th 18:00 UTC.

Flight prediction as of 2018-1-13
Flight prediction as of 2018-1-13

Jan 11th 2018 – Update

The launch of Flying Squirrel #1 is on schedule to occur on Tues Jan 16th  18:00 UTC (10AM PST) from Johnson Valley, CA. Weather predictions are looking good for launch day.   If the weather holds as is and the predicted flight path is not Westerly, we are “Good for Launch” on schedule.

Stay tuned!

 

Four possible flight predictions are below.

First all four paths on a 3d Google Earth projection.

Possible flight paths looking from the North
Google Earth plot of the four predicted paths, looking from North to the South. The Salton Sea is at the top of the image.

 

And the four paths plotted on a terrain maps:

 

10km burst at 1mps ascent
10000 meter balloon burst, 1 meter per second ascent rate.
10km burst at 2mps ascent
10000 meter balloon burst, 2 meter per second ascent rate.
20km burst at 1mps ascent
20000 meter balloon burst, 1 meter per second ascent rate.
20km burst at 2mps ascent
20000 meter balloon burst, 2 meter per second ascent rate.

 

 

 

 

 

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