ORB-9 Flight
 


 
Launch date: Saturday April 17
Backup Date: Sunday April 18
Time: 0800 CST / 1300z

 
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Launch Site:

Owasso, Oklahoma

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Landing Predictions

55,000 ft Flight

Balloon: 300g Kaysam  
Flight time: 1.8 hours

(Fri) 56 miles @ 090 degrees
 
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Payload/s:
 
APRS DIGI 144.340 (KC5TRB-11)
Cross-Band Repeater (145.750 / 446.500)
K12 CW Beacon (147.475)
Audio beacon
Inside/Outside Thermometer
 
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Ground Frequencies

Simplex:    146.550
Simplex:    446.000
 
Repeaters:
 
Launch:
146.700 Owasso
 
Chase:
147.060 (88.5) Pryor
  
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73  
Harry - KC5TRB  
Oklahoma Research Balloons  
    
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POST FLIGHT PAGE



THANK YOU!

My son Chase for the design of the ORB logo.
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Mr. Steve Smart, Weather Forcast Office
Norman, Oklahoma, for the balloon.
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Rich, KD5JXU for the foam material
used in the tracker & camera capsules
and your kind donation.
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George Dykes N5GTD (MWC)
for the audio oscillator speaker.
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Oklahoma Simplex Group for the ORB message area.
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