VE6AB Mobile Ops
Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning
The Flight Of ABE 3
Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning with the Airdrie Space Science Club (ASSC),
Had a terrific day ballooning with the Airdrie Space Science Club, while out on the backroads of southern Alberta
In this photo our convoy has pulled over, as we track high altitude balloon ABE 3, that we launched earlier in the day from the Beiseker Airport.
At this point in the flight, ABE 3 has passed through 80,000 feet (24 kilometers), as it continues to climb for altitude
On board ABE 3 are two aprs trackers, VE6JBJ-12 and VE6JBJ-13, that are continuously transmitting in real-time, information being received by the aprs capable transceivers in our mobiles.
The packet information received by the aprs transceiver is decoded, before then being uploaded to a computer connected to the aprs transceiver, and in my case, in the computer in my mobile.
The decoded information is then placed on a moving map showing the track for VE6JBJ-12, allowing us to track and get in position to recover the payload module.
VE6JBJ-12 reached a maximum altitude of 99,239 feet (30 kilometers), before the balloon burst, allowing the parachute to deploy.
We recovered the payload module just east of Three Hills Alberta.
