On Sunday the 18th of October, at 10am Adelaide time, Project Horus will be conducting a high altitude balloon launch from the Mount Barker area. This launch will be flying payloads designed by Adelaide area high schools, along with the standard Project Horus telemetry payloads. The launch is expected to reach approximately 30km altitude, with telemetry receivable from most of VK3 and VK5. The launch site for this balloon will be closed to the general public due as school children are present, we thank you for your understanding.
Anyone wishing to help track the balloon is invited to listen out on 434.450MHz USB for the RTTY telemetry. This can be decoded with the standard dl-fldigi software.
- Main Telemetry: 100 baud 7N2 Telemetry on 434.450MHz USB +/- drift. Callsign will be VK5ARG-1.
- We will also be flying a cut-down payload and an experimental ‘LoRa’ telemetry payload (431.650MHz).
- An excellent dl-fldigi setup and tracking guide is available here: https://ukhas.org.uk/guides:tracking_guide
The Flight and Payload information for this launch will appear in dl-fldigi on Saturday the 17th. Tracking of the flight will be available on the HabHub Tracker page.
Current predictions, (as of Thursday the 15th), place the landing area somewhere between Pompoota and Bowhill:
Predicted landing area, as of the 15th of October.