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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>= Nova 14 =<br />
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== Launch Card ==<br />
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No launch card was filled in for this flight.<br />
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{|<br />
| Date<br />
| 21/8/09<br />
|-<br />
| Description<br />
| First flight of BadgerCub and first uplink test. Payload consisted of GU box containing BadgerCub.<br />
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| Launch Time<br />
| 14:50 GMT<br />
|-<br />
| WX<br />
| 3/8ths cloud cover, clear, windy on the ground<br />
|-<br />
| Balloon Size<br />
| Old ropey 250g<br />
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| Target Neck Lift<br />
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|-<br />
| Target Asc. Rate<br />
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|-<br />
| Neck Load<br />
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|-<br />
| Neck Lift<br />
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|-<br />
| Parachute Details<br />
| 50cm nylon parasheet<br />
|-<br />
| Estimated Burst Altitude<br />
| 22km (old balloon so rough guess)<br />
|-<br />
| Cutdown Criteria<br />
| N/A<br />
|-<br />
| Telemetry Details<br />
| CC1111 radio transceiver, 10mW 50baud RTTY on 454.525MHz. Uplink 50baud OOK<br />
|-<br />
| Notes from Launch Card<br />
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|}<br />
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== Flight Vitals ==<br />
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{|<br />
| Maximum Altitude<br />
| 26670m<br />
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| Ascent Rate<br />
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| Sea Level Descent Rate<br />
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|-<br />
| Telemetry Log<br />
| [[File:/badgercub_uplink_flight_log.txt|Nova 14 Telemetry Log]]<br />
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| KML File<br />
| [[File:/badgercub_uplink_test.kml|Flight Path KML]]<br />
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| Photos<br />
| No camera flown, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuspaceflight/sets/72157622162980562/ Photos] from the ground<br />
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| Videos<br />
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|}<br />
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== Notes and Details ==<br />
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First flight of the [[BadgerCub|BadgerCub]] and first ever uplink to a payload. Uplink to [[CC1111|CC1111]] tested. Sacrificial flight to test uplink range. Strong winds carried the payload out to the middle of the channel and uplink was successful to a range of approx. 190km. More details on the uplink method are on the [[CC1111|CC1111]] page.<br />
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We made a scatter plot of successful string uploads plotting range from the ground station against transmit power used. The payload antenna was a 1/4 wave whip with 4 radial grounding elements. The ground station had a 7-element yagi and an IC-7000 with maximum transmit power 35W. A couple of times during the flight we attempted to see the power minimum for successful uplink and these can be seen as the vertical arrangements of points in the plot.<br />
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[[File:badgercub_range_graph.png|500px|badgercub_range_graph.png]]</div>EllieClifford