NSS-45
NSS Balloon Flight Data Area Driftless Zone Star Party Area
Flight Description:
A cross band repeater, APRS system, and FULL COLOR ATV system.
This mission is the culmination of a whole month long series of activities in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, and in effect the first 50 years of space flight!
Teachers & Students from all over southern Wisconsin are scheduled to attend this final day of activities,
Known as the "Richland Space “Fare” Featuring Honored Guest Astronaut Mark Lee at the Richland Center High School.
Join Richland area students (estimated attendance is close to 1000 students and their teachers) in welcoming
Mark Lee, a Viroqua native and veteran of four space flights. This event is also open to the public.
Festivities begin with a high altitude balloon launch by “Near Space Sciences”, student exhibits,
and a special presentation by Mark Lee.
Lee is a former NASA Astronaut and resident of Southwest Wisconsin.
Launch Date: October 23, 2007
Launch Time: 8:30AM CDT
Flight Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Payload Contents RF:
ALL SIGNALS WILL BE VERTICALLY POLARIZED.
APRS on 144.39 Standard APRS format, 300 mw vertically polarized. Call WB9FDZ-11
Cross-Band Repeater, Standard NBFM Mode, 144MHz/440MHz 3 watts vertically polarized.
Cross-Band Repeater Frequencies:
Up-Link 144.320MHz Down-Link 439.250MHz.
Color Amateur Television. Vertically polarized, 439.250 MHz.
This will also have our mirror system where we will be able to change the view from the payload. From down to the Earth, to out on the horizon, to even up to look at the balloon.
Local Repeater coverage, at the launch site, The Richland center Repeater 146.91 (-600) PL 131.8
Chase & Recovery Repeater, The Yellow Thunder ARC Repeater 147.315 (+600) PL 123.0
We will also be broadcasting "Live" on the internet the audio from both the payload as well as the local launch site, and chase and recovery repeaters. For anyone to listen to. We will be using "Shoutcast"
Click on the Shoutcast Logo below, and it will take you to the Amateur Radio Streaming Page.
Look For the NSS Balloon Flight in the list, and click the Tune In
Button. Enjoy.
To be able to listen to the stream you will need a player that handles this type of streaming audio. Sometimes media player can do it,, but sometimes it won't. it all depends on the exact version you have. If you want to guarantee the ability to listen you will need to use the Winamp Player Its free, and any version (except the "lite") will work.
Click on the Winamp Logo below to take you to their download page.
Of course you will be able to track the payload Via Find-U. But we've also made a page that will automatically refresh
for you every 30 seconds. And have a few extra features also. There is even a chat room there so you can communicate with the students at mission control. We are currently working on a even more improved version, that may be ready by flight day.
The Mapping section is new, and in a BETA mode, Chris just finished working on the code for it in the middle of the night,
Thanks Chris KB9FGZ . So go there once and it will up date all by itself, no need to hit refresh all the time. It will be at.
http://www.dzsp.org/tracking/
We may have live communications in the internet from the launch site, Via the web and possibly Win-Link, Win-Link E mail address is, n9tuu@winlink.org
Questions contact Joe WB9SBD AT nss@mwt.net
A cross band repeater, APRS system, and FULL COLOR ATV system.
This mission is the culmination of a whole month long series of activities in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, and in effect the first 50 years of space flight!
Teachers & Students from all over southern Wisconsin are scheduled to attend this final day of activities,
Known as the "Richland Space “Fare” Featuring Honored Guest Astronaut Mark Lee at the Richland Center High School.
Join Richland area students (estimated attendance is close to 1000 students and their teachers) in welcoming
Mark Lee, a Viroqua native and veteran of four space flights. This event is also open to the public.
Festivities begin with a high altitude balloon launch by “Near Space Sciences”, student exhibits,
and a special presentation by Mark Lee.
Lee is a former NASA Astronaut and resident of Southwest Wisconsin.
Launch Date: October 23, 2007
Launch Time: 8:30AM CDT
Flight Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Payload Contents RF:
ALL SIGNALS WILL BE VERTICALLY POLARIZED.
APRS on 144.39 Standard APRS format, 300 mw vertically polarized. Call WB9FDZ-11
Cross-Band Repeater, Standard NBFM Mode, 144MHz/440MHz 3 watts vertically polarized.
Cross-Band Repeater Frequencies:
Up-Link 144.320MHz Down-Link 439.250MHz.
Color Amateur Television. Vertically polarized, 439.250 MHz.
This will also have our mirror system where we will be able to change the view from the payload. From down to the Earth, to out on the horizon, to even up to look at the balloon.
Local Repeater coverage, at the launch site, The Richland center Repeater 146.91 (-600) PL 131.8
Chase & Recovery Repeater, The Yellow Thunder ARC Repeater 147.315 (+600) PL 123.0
We will also be broadcasting "Live" on the internet the audio from both the payload as well as the local launch site, and chase and recovery repeaters. For anyone to listen to. We will be using "Shoutcast"
Click on the Shoutcast Logo below, and it will take you to the Amateur Radio Streaming Page.
Look For the NSS Balloon Flight in the list, and click the Tune In
Button. Enjoy.
To be able to listen to the stream you will need a player that handles this type of streaming audio. Sometimes media player can do it,, but sometimes it won't. it all depends on the exact version you have. If you want to guarantee the ability to listen you will need to use the Winamp Player Its free, and any version (except the "lite") will work.
Click on the Winamp Logo below to take you to their download page.
Of course you will be able to track the payload Via Find-U. But we've also made a page that will automatically refresh
for you every 30 seconds. And have a few extra features also. There is even a chat room there so you can communicate with the students at mission control. We are currently working on a even more improved version, that may be ready by flight day.
The Mapping section is new, and in a BETA mode, Chris just finished working on the code for it in the middle of the night,
Thanks Chris KB9FGZ . So go there once and it will up date all by itself, no need to hit refresh all the time. It will be at.
http://www.dzsp.org/tracking/
We may have live communications in the internet from the launch site, Via the web and possibly Win-Link, Win-Link E mail address is, n9tuu@winlink.org
Questions contact Joe WB9SBD AT nss@mwt.net
