ORB-15

 Postflight & Pic's



Observations from tul on 12/04/2004

IME

TEMP

DEW POINT

PRES

WIND DIR

WIND SPD

WIND GUST

VIS

CEILING

06:53 GMT

36.0°

28.9°

1018.4 mb

SSW

3 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

07:53 GMT

33.1°

28.0°

1018.5 mb

CALM

0 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

08:53 GMT

34.0°

28.0°

1018.5 mb

SSW

6 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

09:53 GMT

33.1°

27.0°

1018.2 mb

S

5 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

10:53 GMT

33.1°

27.0°

1018.1 mb

SSE

3 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

11:53 GMT

33.1°

27.0°

1018.3 mb

S

4 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

12:53 GMT

33.1°

28.0°

1018.6 mb

S

5 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

13:53 GMT

34.0°

28.0°

1018.7 mb

S

4 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

14:53 GMT

39.0°

30.9°

1018.7 mb

S

4 MPH

 

9 mi

>12000ft

15:53 GMT

46.0°

32.0°

1018.7 mb

S

3 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

16:53 GMT

52.0°

30.9°

1018.6 mb

SSW

9 MPH

 

100V2 mi

>12000ft

17:53 GMT

55.0°

30.9°

1017.4 mb

SSW

11 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

18:53 GMT

57.9°

28.9°

1016.5 mb

S

14 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

19:53 GMT

60.1°

30.9°

1015.4 mb

S

10 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

20:53 GMT

60.1°

26.1°

1015.0 mb

S

12 MPH

 

10 mi

>12000ft

21:53 GMT

57.9°

28.0°

1015.0 mb

S

10 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

22:53 GMT

55.9°

28.9°

1014.8 mb

S

11 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

23:53 GMT

51.1°

30.9°

1015.2 mb

SSE

5 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

00:53 GMT

46.0°

32.0°

1015.2 mb

SE

5 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

01:53 GMT

48.9°

32.0°

1015.0 mb

S

9 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

02:53 GMT

48.0°

30.0°

1015.3 mb

S

9 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

03:53 GMT

45.0°

30.9°

1015.4 mb

SSE

8 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

04:53 GMT

41.0°

32.0°

1015.3 mb

SSE

8 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft

05:53 GMT

45.0°

34.0°

1015.5 mb

S

9 MPH

 

10 mi

20000 ft




FLIGHT BRIEF

Orb-15 was launched from the National Weather
Service Office in Tulsa a few minutes after
9am CST. The cutdown command was sent when the
balloon was at 31,000 ft. The cutdown was
successful and the payloads began their descent.
Landing was about 2.5 miles east of Verdigris,
Ok. in an creek bottom, in an area inundated with
70 ft. trees. The payload train somehow managed
to make it all the way to the ground.

Thanks to all who participated!


-----


PEN CAM's
There were 24 pics on the Vert. cam and 23 pics on the Horz. cam. Most of the horz. pics were of the woods where it landed. I will post a couple of the ones in flight. When I started the DL of the vert. pics, I inadvertantly pressed the "movie" button on the software and all pics were erased.

:(

-----



73
Harry



ORB-15 Flight Summary Data

TIME(Z) DIR SPD-MPH ALT-FT FPM
15:05:10
15:06:10
15:06:40
15:07:10
15:07:40
15:08:10
15:08:40
15:09:10
15:09:40
15:10:10
15:10:40
15:11:10
15:11:40
15:12:10
15:12:40
15:13:10
15:13:40
15:14:10
15:14:40
15:15:10
15:15:40
15:16:09
15:16:39
15:17:10
15:17:39
15:18:09
15:18:39
15:19:09
15:19:39
15:20:09
15:20:39
15:21:09
15:21:39
15:22:09
15:22:39
15:23:09
15:23:39
15:24:09
15:24:39
15:25:09
15:25:39
15:26:09
15:26:39
15:27:09
15:27:39
15:28:09
15:28:39
15:29:08
15:29:38
15:30:08
15:30:38
15:31:08
15:31:41
15:32:11
15:32:41
15:33:11
15:33:41
15:34:11
15:34:41
15:35:11
15:35:41
15:36:13
15:36:43
15:37:13
15:37:43
15:38:13
15:38:43
15:39:13
15:39:43
15:40:13
15:40:42
15:41:12
15:41:42
15:42:12
15:42:42
15:43:12
15:43:42
15:44:12
15:44:42
15:45:12
15:45:42
15:46:12
15:46:42
15:47:12
15:47:42
15:48:12
15:59:11 		2
66
56
19
29
55
48
50
42
75
71
96
132
113
82
109
96
85
94
94
87
88
82
81
77
67
69
88
75
60
78
79
46
70
83
88
53
43
46
35
43
28
3
33
11
22
30
9
7
29
357
313
34
355
40
16
18
27
42
50
24
33
69
71
87
66
54
52
72
67
78
88
97
108
102
85
89
107
99
68
72
78
76
68
12
43
236 		0
14
17
13
14
20
19
22
17
8
10
19
22
12
22
22
30
30
35
40
42
37
30
38
34
32
22
12
26
12
23
16
18
14
16
19
20
20
25
19
24
31
22
26
25
18
18
16
16
26
22
7
10
22
19
25
29
32
25
28
16
17
18
20
18
23
20
22
24
34
42
34
38
30
25
12
23
14
11
25
17
24
18
11
10
11
0 		639
964
1,505
2,040
2,601
3,152
3,720
4,284
4,845
5,409
5,964
6,502
7,079
7,666
8,260
8,841
9,458
10,071
10,665
11,229
11,793
12,377
12,971
13,558
14,165
14,753
15,366
15,940
16,527
17,141
17,728
18,368
19,017
19,660
20,277
20,900
21,504
22,137
22,724
23,305
23,932
24,552
25,175
25,880
26,409
26,993
27,685
28,249
28,843
29,430
30,109
30,706
31,405
30,188
29,000
27,839
26,740
25,615
24,545
23,486
22,436
21,294
20,267
19,250
18,253
17,262
16,288
15,320
14,375
13,493
12,597
11,725
10,862
10,025
9,192
8,368
7,581
6,830
6,052
5,285
4,546
3,782
3,073
2,378
1,692
1,013
557 		+0
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-1358
 













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