Nova 8 / HAPS-D, Last minute bolt-on - sunrise from altitude |
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Nova 8 / HAPS-D, Last minute bolt-on - sunrise from altitude |
 Aug 29 2008, 04:53 AM
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This is really a pleasant surprise, seeing the chase car show up on the map. I'm guessing that it's not on the move right now, but waiting to see what direction to head in?
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Aug 29 2008, 04:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Wow! A sharp hook to the North at 18,800m!
A 180 degree switch in direction in a minute or less! |
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Aug 29 2008, 04:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
What Th-- ! It went in a full circle, now headed South again, now West. Wacky!
(At 19,500m) Edit: At 19,800m, headed North again. Looks like it's going up a spiral staircase! |
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Aug 29 2008, 05:02 AM
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2
 , metres!How many balloon launches do you think have ever been watched by people in Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. all at the same time? History in the making I'd bet. Looks like it's headed nearly straight up now....Nope, heading south again. OMG! Now we've got the Chase Car in hot pursuit. The tension of this is killing me! http://spacenear.us/tracker/ |
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Aug 29 2008, 05:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Dang! Looks like it came out of its spiral, headed South again at 20,500m.
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Aug 29 2008, 05:06 AM
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What altitude do you suppose the chase car will reach?
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Aug 29 2008, 05:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
QUOTE (Astro0 @ Aug 29 2008, 12:02 AM)  OMG! Now we've got the Chase Car in hot pursuit. To me it looks like it's sitting still. The chase car is the number two, right? By the way, what's the number one hanging out west of the M11? Doug headed to work? Edit: Chase car location suddenly shows up south of the balloon! And the balloon ground track has done another quick loop-d-loop. Ho hum. 
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Aug 29 2008, 05:27 AM
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25000!
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Aug 29 2008, 05:27 AM
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GO BADGER!
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Aug 29 2008, 05:40 AM
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Just a little nervous here. I'm looking at the descent slopes of the previous two flights on Google Earth and if this flight were to descend in a similar fashion, there is a large likelihood that it would land in water
(somewhere between the locations marked Canvey Island and Foulness Island. I hope I'm wrong.)Just sayin. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 29 2008, 05:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
The view from 28,600m
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Aug 29 2008, 06:28 AM
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And doooowwwwwnnn she comes... and back up a bit... and back down again.
Caught an updraft on the parachute? -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Aug 29 2008, 06:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
A long gap in the data....couldn't hold my breath any longer.
Sigh of relief now...4500m and descending. |
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Aug 29 2008, 06:36 AM
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Looks like a good call on the chase car stake-out location. Its going to fall into their lap!
ISTR from my Essex school days that the highest point in Essex was the top of the Danbury church spire at 365ft ASL -so not a huge error on reported chase car altitude... Great that we are not going to see a sea landing - looking forward to the pictures! Rob (now sadly off to work...) |
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Aug 29 2008, 06:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I dunno -- unless she turns again, looks like she's heading to a landing just south of Bicknacre.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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