ANSR-37 Flight Summary

Launch 14 Apr 2007, 1620 UTC, (9:20 AM MST)

Payloads Payload Computer, University Student Payloads, Pico Beacon, APRS Beacon Test Flight


Flight Notes

3000 gram balloon

NASA/Arizona Space Grant Flight for University Students

Record setting Two-Way QSO (Contact) through the cross band repeater (777 miles) as part of the Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning Flight Records. The contact was between N8DEZ/6 and N5QO. Very honorable mention of second (742 miles) and third (715 miles) place contacts between KQ6UP<>N5QO and KQ6UP<>N5PAX/KE5INE respectively.


Student Projects

The primary mission of ANSR is to, "Promote science and education by exploring frontiers in amateur radio and high altitude balloons." The ANSR-37 flight was another example of flying student payloads on a high altitude balloon. Below are presentations from each of the participating Universities.

ANSR and The Arizona Space Grant Consortium have teamed together to support the ASCEND! program. ASCEND!, a statewide Arizona Space Grant Consortium Workforce Development program, is uniquely designed to involve undergraduate students from across Arizona in the full “design-build-fly-operate-analyze” cycle of a space mission.

Flight Data

Data and statistics recovered from Payload Computer Flight Data Recorder:

39.0 statue miles from the launch site on a heading of 86° true

Fight time 1:44:29, landed 1804 UTC, (11:04 AM MST)

Departed at 1770', landed at 1380'

Peak altitude 92,834'

Average ascent rate 1165'/minute.  Average descent rate 3475'/minute.  At touch down 1855'/minute.

Lowest internal payload temperature 11.7° F, average 56.1° F.

GPS maintained 99.9% 3D lock during flight (Tumbling Payload lock loss).  Average PDOP 1.57.  Average of 11.4 tracked satellites.

Average bus voltage - Payload Computer 11.34 volts


Flight Data Recorder and Maps

	Payload Computer Flight Data Recorder contents as comma separated text (ASCII).  NOTE: This file contains the complete flight recording in one second increment.  Additional information on telemetry measurands included with Payload Computer - Data Logger
	Pico Beacon Flight Data Recorder contents as comma separated text (ASCII).  NOTE: This file contains the complete flight recording in one second increment.  Additional information on telemetry measurands included with Pico Beacon - Data Logger
	Topographical Map.