HAB8 (High Altitude Balloon Launch/Recovery) Data

Welcome to the HAB8 data page. This page will be updated regularly with information and links pertaining to the High-Altitude Balloon (HAB8) which was launched from Lake Forest, CA and successfully recovered on Saturday, December 17th 2022.

LAUNCH DETAILS

Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022

Launch Time: 9:10 AM PST

Location: City of Lake Forest Sports Park, 28000 Rancho Pkwy, Lake Forest CA (click on link for map and directions)

Field: Common area behind Recreation Center (nearest parking is the east parking lot)

LINKS:

Day of Launch APRS GPS Live Tracking (search for KM6HCB-11 and KE6BLR-99)

Launch Video

MEETINGS AND TEAM FILES:

Slides from HAB8 Kick-Off Meeting Dec 3 2022.pptx<- Click link to download

Recording of Dec 3rd Meeting

WCOM (Weather & Compliance) Files

FAA Event FormDownload
D-1-ReportDownload

RCOM (Recovery & Communications) Files

HAB8_RCOM-Station-Chase-Team-List-FinalDownload

POST FLIGHT DATA

KM6HCB-11_APRS_Raw_Pkts_12172022Download
KE6BLR-99_APRS_12172022Download

Launch Pictures

A few minutes before launch.
Shortly after launch facing north east.
During ascent facing south west.
Near peak altitude.
From experiment payload box during descent.
From experiment payload box shortly before landing.

Recovery Pictures

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Failure Analysis

Post-Launch-ReportDownload
Image of train getting close to balloon prior to burst.
Top lid of recovered of experiment payload box.. The small block box in foreground is the UV detector from Experiment 1. The larger black box in the background is the SPOT Trace unit.
Ring that was distorted during flight causing the two boxes to separate.
Remains of the recovered balloon and fill tube.