Launch2¶

Timeline¶

Saturday, March 17

The launch

• 7:30 Team meets, eats breakfast. Discovered that the smartphone did not charge.
• 8:15 Load truck, moved to hanger
• 9:30 Ragnar Rafn Eðvaldsson begins running down the checklist.
• 9:35 Sverrir Haraldsson finishes filling the balloon
• 10:55 Vikar Hlynur Þórisson attaches all the GoPro Cameras
• 11:10 Electronics are turned on and sealed into box. Niklas Joel Meier turns on the logger and failsafe.
• 11:16 Kristjan Kristján Gerhard Karlsson Grimm gets launch clearance
• 11:25 Balloon launch from Reykjavik University
• 12:57 Balloon popped at 34000 altitude. (APRS did not capture exact)
• 13:25 Crash at Coordinates N64.37315, W19.24017 from SPOT
• 13:46 Þórður Sigurbjartsson, Arní from CCP, meet with NORSK Rescue Helicopter at RVK airport (we watched from U215)
• 14:19 Heli takes off
• 17:00 Heli returns, unsuccessful
• 17:30 Debrief with pizza
• 19:00 Discover possible issue, GPS coordinates in wrong format for helicopter. Plans for recovery tomorrow.

Sunday, March 18

Skyward sword to the rescue, led by Páll Pálsson

• 5:00 Planned to head out
• 9:45 Last transmission of the SPOT
• ?? One superjeep gets broken driveshaft, has to be repaired
• ?? Many attempts to follow road require detours and very slow progress.
• 12:30 Snow becomes bad?
• 13:50 Arrival at location