11Nov/117
Launch of Horus 18
On Sunday the 13th of November we'll be launching Horus 18 at approx 9am local time (ACST).
This launch includes high definition video, as well a number of standard definition video cameras.
Predicted flight path of Horus 18
TelemetryВ wise, we'll be flying our standard 300baud RTTY onВ 434.650MHzВ & an APRS payload. We always appreciate people's assistance in tracking, if you want to follow the launch online you can do it atВ spacenear.usВ or at APRS.fi.
Chase & launch teams will be contactable on the day via the VK5RSB and VK5RMB repeaters, as well as in #highaltitude onВ freenode.net.
The predicted flight path should (hopefully) make for an easy recovery.
Update:В Horus 18 was a successful flight! The full writeup is now online.
November 11th, 2011 - 10:57
Good luck guys, I might drop in on IRC and see how you are going if I get a chance on Sunday
November 11th, 2011 - 11:53
Ho do I get the #highaltitude to work? I can log in and read but not post to the chat/
November 12th, 2011 - 15:12
Hi Guys, Have a nice flight I will probably try and see if I can hear anything when the bird is at altitude
I have dl-fldigi ready to go
November 13th, 2011 - 11:34
Hi from Katanning W.A.
i am watching flight
looks like you have that monkey on board
driving it back to launch site ,well done !!
November 13th, 2011 - 13:12
Well done guys,
Looks like it was good flight. I cant believe how good the flight path prediction was.
Sadly I didnt hear anything from the beacon, ( I think I need a bigger antenna)
73
November 13th, 2011 - 15:10
Crikey, thats the first time for me with everything ready with minutes to spare! That backtrack had me a bit worried about the river for a while! Does the software save data automatically? It was only 133 odd km from me when it came down. A great project fellas, I look forward to future flights. Now I need to find out more about the software
November 15th, 2011 - 21:00
Well done guys. Amazed how close to the predicition it went. Got the dl-fidigi working and faint beacon but only one succesful decode. Maybe next time. Great to track the bird on aprs.fi not to mention the bit of back tracking by Matt and the team. Great effort again. 73s