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| 1 | 1 | Joseph Foley | h1. Launch2 |
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| 3 | 5 | Joseph Foley | h2. Acknowledgments |
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| 5 | h3. Students of VT HUN1013, Hönnun, 2012-1 |
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| 7 | * Bogi Kárason, Launch coordinator, Checklist creator |
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| 8 | * Halldór Þorkelsson, Industrial liason, procurement and financials, Solidworks master |
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| 9 | * Kristján Gerhard Karlsson Grimm, General organizer, Trackuino lead, Master of flight paperwork |
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| 10 | * Lárus Guðmundsson, Structures and handyman |
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| 11 | * Niklas Joel Meier, Logging and panic button |
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| 12 | * Páll Pálsson, Ground recovery under any conditions |
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| 13 | * Ragnar Rafn Eðvaldsson, Spaceship simulation, Checklist execution |
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| 14 | * Sverrir Haraldsson, Balloon man, failure analysis |
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| 15 | * Vikar Hlynur Þórisson, Cameras and structural design, impact tester, historian |
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| 16 | * Þórður Sigurbjartsson, Logistics, Helicopter recovery shock troop |
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| 17 | * Örvar Friðriksson, Temperature testing, shock and environment protection for electronics |
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| 19 | 6 | Joseph Foley | h3. RU Staff and other students |
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| 21 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * Ari Kristinn Jónsson, Rector |
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| 23 | 5 | Joseph Foley | * Joe Foley, Instructor for Hönnun |
| 24 | 1 | Joseph Foley | * Stefan Freyr Stefanson, Simulation |
| 25 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * Hrannar Traustson, Electronics, particularly the Trackuino |
| 26 | * Guðjón Hugberg Björnsson, Initial investigation into tracking hardware |
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| 27 | * Leifur þór |
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| 29 | 1 | Joseph Foley | h3. Siminn |
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| 31 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * Guðmundur Ingi Karlsson, live video stream via donated smartphones |
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| 33 | h3. CCP Games |
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| 35 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * Eyjo, Manager |
| 36 | * Ragnar Ágúst Eðvaldsson, Purchasing, video, feedback |
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| 37 | * Arnar Valdimarsson, Video cameraman |
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| 39 | h3. Icelandic Radio Amateurs |
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| 41 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * Jón Þ. Jónsson, radio licenses and APRS knowledge, liason to IRA |
| 42 | * Samúel Úlfr Þór Guðjónsson, APRS expert, Trackuino debugging, antenna construction, ground recovery team |
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| 43 | * Jón Svavarsson, Cameraman, jacked into the aircraft radio |
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| 45 | 6 | Joseph Foley | h3. Other |
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| 47 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * ?? at KEF weather service, providing balloon filling equipment and training on balloon launches |
| 48 | * Icelandic PTA for fast tracking our license TF3CCP |
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| 49 | * ICE-SAR for donating a helicopter rescue attempt |
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| 50 | * Markéta Foley and Gissur Örlygsson at the Icelandic Innovation center for looking into a testing chamber |
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| 51 | * ?? at Agricultural school loaned use of the -80C freezer during testing |
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| 52 | * Trackuino developers for making an opensource balloon tracker that was easy to build and test |
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| 54 | 2 | Joseph Foley | h2. Timeline |
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| 56 | 6 | Joseph Foley | Saturday, March 17, The launch |
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| 58 | * 7:30 Team meets, eats breakfast. Discovered that the smartphone did not charge. |
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| 59 | * 8:15 Load truck, moved to hanger |
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| 60 | * 9:30 Ragnar Rafn Eðvaldsson begins running down the checklist. |
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| 61 | * 9:35 Sverrir Haraldsson finishes filling the balloon |
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| 62 | * 10:55 Vikar Hlynur Þórisson attaches all the GoPro Cameras |
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| 63 | * 11:10 Electronics are turned on and sealed into box. Niklas Joel Meier turns on the logger and failsafe. |
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| 64 | * 11:16 Kristjan Kristján Gerhard Karlsson Grimm gets launch clearance |
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| 65 | * 11:25 Balloon launch from Reykjavik University |
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| 66 | * 12:57 Balloon popped at 34000 altitude. (APRS did not capture exact) |
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| 67 | * 13:25 Crash at Coordinates N64.37315, W19.24017 from SPOT |
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| 68 | * 13:46 Þórður Sigurbjartsson, Arní from CCP, meet with NORSK Rescue Helicopter at RVK airport (we watched from U215) |
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| 69 | * 14:19 Heli takes off |
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| 70 | 2 | Joseph Foley | * 17:00 Heli returns, unsuccessful |
| 71 | * 17:30 Debrief with pizza |
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| 72 | * 19:00 Discover possible issue, GPS coordinates in wrong format for helicopter. Plans for recovery tomorrow. |
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| 74 | 6 | Joseph Foley | Sunday, March 18, The Recovery |
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| 76 | 3 | Joseph Foley | Skyward sword to the rescue, led by Páll Pálsson. Tracking by Jon Þór Jonsson via the Tetra radio GPS being carried by . Attempted checkin with Joe Foley at RU every hour starting at 12:00. |
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| 78 | * 5:00 Planned to head out |
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| 79 | * 9:45 Last transmission of the SPOT |
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| 80 | * ?? One superjeep gets broken driveshaft, has to be repaired |
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| 81 | * ?? Many attempts to follow road require detours and very slow progress. |
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| 82 | * 12:30 Snow becomes bad? |
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| 83 | * 13:50 Arrival at location |
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| 84 | 4 | Joseph Foley | * 19:30 Return to Reykjavik |