SABLE-2
Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #2
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| SABLE-2 was launched on Saturday, July 8th - 2006, from the Hanna Airport where a hanger was used for shelter from the wind while the balloon was filled with helium. |
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| Curtis, VE6AEW, and Carl, VE6GGG,
made the trip to Hanna again to help Tony launch and recover SABLE-2, but James, VE6SRV, and myself - Barry, VE6SBS, were unable to attend this time. |
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| The balloon is filled & Tony ties it off. | Tony attaches the chute, payload package and then watches as everything disappears into the blue sky. | |
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This was the last that anyone has ever seen of SABLE-2. APRS position reports were received, however they did not include altitude information due to a programming oversight, but Tony, Curtis & Carl tracked the payload and were only a few miles from the last reported position when transmissions suddenly ceased, however the payload was not able to be located even after several different attempts. Assuming that the tracker transmissions ceased upon landing, that the last reported position was from about 1000 feet and taking wind speed into account, it appears that SABLE-2 landed in a large slough and accounts for why transmissions suddenly ceased and why the parachute and payload package were never seen. |
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