TABEL-3 Launch Date: Jul 01 2006 Recovery Date: Jul 01 2006 Status: Completed Show Flight Computer Here are the statistics for the TABEL-3 mission. Launch time: 1145 CDT Touchdown Time: 1301 CDT Payload Weight: 6.5 lbs. Free Lift: 2.5 lbs. Launch to Touchdown: 8.69 Miles / 14KM Predicted vs. Actual touchdown: 6.87 Miles / 11.1KM Highest altitude: 096255 ft. We were in position to watch the final descent and were able to recover everything within 30 minutes. Mission objectives: 1. Achieve max altitude >110,000 feet Failed - 096255 ft. 2. Test DTMF triggered cutdown mechanism Partial success 3. "Fly" a model of Space Shuttle to be released at ~10,000 feet Failed - RF into release servo. Could not keep payload attached. 4. Track shuttle using 10m beacon Failed - No Shuttle flight 5. Capture video of shuttle package release Partial Success - Flight video captured 6. Retrieve all flight packages Success While the Holux GPS did report altitude above 60,000 ft. it does not seem to be a reliable GPS for High Altitude Ballooning. Launch site: Outside Lebanon,TN in George Currey's (KG4OZL) back yard. Decimal Degrees: 36.15429N 86.24234W Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 36 09.257N 086 14.540W Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 36 09 15.4N 086 14 32.4W Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0568153 4001328 Military Grid Reference System: 16S EF 68153 01327 Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM66vd Predicted Landing: South of the Cedars of Lebanon State Park, Northeast of the community of Walterhill, TN Decimal Degrees: 35.98183N 86.34033W Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 35 58.910N 086 20.420W Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 35 58 54.5N 086 20 25.1W Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0559468 3982135 Military Grid Reference System: 16S EE 59468 82134 Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM65tx

TABEL-3

Launch Date: Jul 01 2006

Recovery Date: Jul 01 2006

Status: Completed

Show Flight Computer

Here are the statistics for the TABEL-3 mission.

Launch time: 1145 CDT Touchdown Time: 1301 CDT Payload Weight: 6.5 lbs. Free Lift: 2.5 lbs.

Launch to Touchdown: 8.69 Miles / 14KM Predicted vs. Actual touchdown: 6.87 Miles / 11.1KM

Highest altitude: 096255 ft. We were in position to watch the final descent and were able to recover everything within 30 minutes.

Mission objectives:

1. Achieve max altitude >110,000 feet

Failed - 096255 ft.

2. Test DTMF triggered cutdown mechanism

Partial success

3. "Fly" a model of Space Shuttle to be released at ~10,000 feet

Failed - RF into release servo. Could not keep payload attached.

4. Track shuttle using 10m beacon

Failed - No Shuttle flight

5. Capture video of shuttle package release

Partial Success - Flight video captured

6. Retrieve all flight packages

Success

While the Holux GPS did report altitude above 60,000 ft. it does not seem to be

a reliable GPS for High Altitude Ballooning.

Launch site: Outside Lebanon,TN in George Currey's (KG4OZL) back yard.

Decimal Degrees: 36.15429N 86.24234W

Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 36 09.257N 086 14.540W

Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 36 09 15.4N 086 14 32.4W

Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0568153 4001328

Military Grid Reference System: 16S EF 68153 01327

Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM66vd

Predicted Landing: South of the Cedars of Lebanon State Park,

Northeast of the community of Walterhill, TN

Decimal Degrees: 35.98183N 86.34033W

Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 35 58.910N 086 20.420W

Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 35 58 54.5N 086 20 25.1W

Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0559468 3982135

Military Grid Reference System: 16S EE 59468 82134

Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM65tx

Mission Photos

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TABEL-3 Launch date set Added On: Jun 11 2006 Added By: ke4pjw Regarding: TABEL-3 A launch date of July 1st has been set for TABEL-3. Launch site: Outside Mt. Juliet in Robin Midgett's (K4IDC) back yard. Decimal Degrees: 36.19677N 86.45620W Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 36 11.806N 086 27.372W Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 36 11 48.4N 086 27 22.3W Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0548890 4005910 Military Grid Reference System: 16S EF 48890 05909 Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM66se Robin Lives on Beckwith Road near East Division Street. This is about halfway between Mt. Juliet Road and Highway 109.
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TABEL-3 Mission Added On: May 10 2006 Added By: KQ4TV Regarding: TABEL-3 Mission objectives: Achieve max altitude >110,000 feet Test DTMF triggered cutdown mechanism "Fly" a model of Space Shuttle to be released at ~60,000 feet Track shuttle using 10m beacon Start 10m beacon at release of shuttle Capture video of shuttle package release Retrieve all flight packages Mission packages: Kaymont (formerly Kaysam) KCI TX1200 or KCI TX2000 Cold Weather (TX) Balloons A special latex compound w/other chemicals which permits balloon to reach the Tropopause where temperatures are lower than -75 degrees celcius and altitudes exceed 10 hPA. 12 oz, 48" Parachute 50mW 2m (146.565MHz) FM/morse code ID Beacon Main Tracker: 12v battery pack, OT1x, & Maxon DM-0515 in the bottom with the Garmin 18 LVC wedged into the top of the container with the dipole antenna. Container is a discarded shipping box with styrofoam inner container used for shipping glass bottles of chemicals. Experiment Support: 9v & 6v battery packs, HTX-200, OT1x, Holux GPS, Basic Stamp flight computer, Digital camera, cutdown mechanism. Main Experiment: 18" Styrofoam model of the Space Shuttle, 10m CW beacon I recently found some information on radar reflectors and may include one in the chain near the 50mW beacon. Hope to have a Design review and Prelaunch planning meeting one week prior to launch. Current launch date possibilities: 10, 17, or 24 June 2006 Launch site: Outside Mt. Juliet in Robin Midgett's (K4IDC) back yard. Decimal Degrees: 36.19677N 86.45620W Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 36 11.806N 086 27.372W Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 36 11 48.4N 086 27 22.3W Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0548890 4005910 Military Grid Reference System: 16S EF 48890 05909 Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM66se Robin Lives on Beckwith Road near East Division Street. This is about halfway between Mt. Juliet Road and Highway 109.
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TABEL-3 Launch date set

Added On: Jun 11 2006
Added By: ke4pjw
Regarding: TABEL-3

A launch date of July 1st has been set for TABEL-3.


Launch site: Outside Mt. Juliet in Robin Midgett's (K4IDC) back yard.

                 Decimal Degrees: 36.19677N 86.45620W
         Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 36 11.806N 086 27.372W
    Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 36 11 48.4N 086 27 22.3W
   Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0548890 4005910
  Military Grid Reference System: 16S EF 48890 05909
         Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM66se

Robin Lives on Beckwith Road near East Division Street. This is about
halfway between Mt. Juliet Road and Highway 109.

TABEL-3 a near perfect flight.

Added On: Jul 02 2006
Added By: ke4pjw
Regarding: TABEL-3

The TABEL-3 flight was near perfect. Though we did not meet many of our goals, problems from previous flights seem to be fixed.

Robin, K4IDC, did a great job of attaching a 10 meter microwatt beacon to the model of the Space Shuttle we were going to drop from the balloon, unfortunately the servo in the release mechanism I built, would turn a little every minute or so. This caused us to not fly the Shuttle model. We suspect RF was causing the servo problem.

We had to move the launch site to Lebanon, Tn. The reason was to keep TABEL-3 from landing in Percy Priest Lake or at Nashville International Airport.

I would like to extend a big thank you to Brian (KE4KVC), Travis (N4TJM), Shane (N4XWC) and everyone (sorry, I'm bad with names) for showing up. It was a real pleasure to have ya'll participate. Also thanks to Greg Williams (K4HSM) for sending his APRS log, Bill Brown (WB8ELK) for his predictions and advice, and George Currey (KG4OZL) for allowing us to launch in his back yard.

Several of us were able to watch TABEL-3 fall right out of the sky only 100 yards away.

Flight Objectives and Statistics can be found HERE.
We will have about half a dozen quicktime movies, taken from a camera on TABEL-3, up on the web RSN.

In-Flight Video

Added On: Apr 04 2007
Added By: ke4pjw
Regarding: TABEL-3

I have started to upload some of our videos to Google Video.

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TABEL-3 Mission

Added On: May 10 2006
Added By: KQ4TV
Regarding: TABEL-3

Mission objectives:

Achieve max altitude >110,000 feet

Test DTMF triggered cutdown mechanism

"Fly" a model of Space Shuttle to be released at ~60,000 feet

Track shuttle using 10m beacon

Start 10m beacon at release of shuttle

Capture video of shuttle package release

Retrieve all flight packages

Mission packages:

Kaymont (formerly Kaysam) KCI TX1200 or KCI TX2000 Cold Weather (TX) Balloons

A special latex compound w/other chemicals which permits balloon to reach the Tropopause where temperatures are lower than -75 degrees celcius and altitudes exceed 10 hPA.

12 oz, 48" Parachute

50mW 2m (146.565MHz) FM/morse code ID Beacon

Main Tracker: 12v battery pack, OT1x, & Maxon DM-0515 in the bottom with the Garmin 18 LVC wedged into the top of the container with the dipole antenna. Container is a discarded shipping box with styrofoam inner container used for shipping glass bottles of chemicals.

Experiment Support: 9v & 6v battery packs, HTX-200, OT1x, Holux GPS, Basic Stamp flight computer, Digital camera, cutdown mechanism.

Main Experiment: 18" Styrofoam model of the Space Shuttle, 10m CW beacon

I recently found some information on radar reflectors and may include one in the chain near the 50mW beacon.

Hope to have a Design review and Prelaunch planning meeting one week prior to launch.

Current launch date possibilities: 10, 17, or 24 June 2006

Launch site: Outside Mt. Juliet in Robin Midgett's (K4IDC) back yard.


                 Decimal Degrees: 36.19677N 86.45620W
         Degrees/Decimal Minutes: 36 11.806N 086 27.372W
    Degrees/Minutes/Dec. Seconds: 36 11 48.4N 086 27 22.3W
   Universal Transverse Mercator: 16S 0548890 4005910
  Military Grid Reference System: 16S EF 48890 05909
         Maidenhead Grid Locator: EM66se

Robin Lives on Beckwith Road near East Division Street. This is about

halfway between Mt. Juliet Road and Highway 109.

TABEL-3 Video & Picture Links

Added On: Jul 04 2006
Added By: KQ4TV
Regarding: TABEL-3

TABEL-3:

Prep

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Movies from Flight