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Pico25a

This was the first Pico flight for Project: Traveler. It was a flight attempt made with a slightly overweight prototype tracker with firmware that was still suspected to have some issues with it.

Flight

Parameters

Launch Time

17 May, 2025 09:15 AM

Last Heard Time

17 May, 2025 13:55 PM

Launch Site

West 43rd (38.10, -97.97)

Callsign

W0ZC-15

Tracker Mass (g)

21.8

Free Lift (g)

7.6

Total Lift

29.4

Balloon Type

CYmylar 60" Clear Sphere

Tracker

ptSolar

Firmware

1.0.1

Modulation

APRS

Frequency

144.390MHz

Set transmit delay to 35 seconds which felt too quick. The tracker stopped transmitting for about an hour mid-flight, but then started back up eventually for about another hour, then stopped altogether.

Flight Track

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