Mexican high altitude balloon SARSEM-ICARUS II is a success!...Video Captured by the SARSEM-ICARUS II as it climbs up the strato...

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Author: Jose
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:10

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Southgate Amateur Radio Club -

As recently posted on this website, the near space project SARSEM-
ICARUS II Mexican Aerostatic Sub-Space Repeater System by its initials
in Spanish, launched on Nov 20th, was a complete success.

The system carrying a cross-band repeater system (U/V), APRS
(XE1CRG-11), temperature, voltage sensors, flight computer, and a
secondary backup system including other GPS and control system, and
also camera and a video camera transmitting video at 900Mhz, reached
28,743 meters (94 301 ft), captured amazing photos and video, and the
important part is that 103 contacts where made with the onboard
crossband repeater, with the ground control station having a full
coverage of 888 Km (551 miles across 13 States of Mexico.

The system was completely recovered just 30 Km (18.6 m) from the
launch area and a breakthrough for this project was the testing of an
automatic mechanical cut off system, that worked flawlessly, no
electronics where involved is this simple device, as it freed the
parachute from the balloon at the instant it exploded, this device was
designed by the Senior Mechanical Engineer David Remba.

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2010/icarus_success.htm

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