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SSI-23 was the first launch for everyone on the team and surprisingly, nothing failed.  
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SSI-23 Gemini was the 22nd launch of SSI Balloons and the first launch for the inexperienced all-freshman team. It was a complete success, querying kinetic and atmospheric data, logging data, powering heaters, never using them because of internal insulation, generating current with a solar panel, capturing beautiful shots with a camera, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude. It flew 155.10 kilometers over a course of 3 hours and 20 minutes, landing in a UC Berkeley research facility.  
  
 
== Pre-Launch ==
 
== Pre-Launch ==
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== Payload Specifications ==
 
== Payload Specifications ==
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== Launch site ==
 
== Launch site ==
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We launched from a park near 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA at 11:39AM. The conditions were not to sunny or windy, providing a great start as the balloons were picked up by the easterly drafts.
  
 
== The Flight ==
 
== The Flight ==
 
155.10 kilometers E (79°)
 
155.10 kilometers E (79°)
 
[[File:SSI-23_06.jpg | thumb | <center> ground track </center>]]
 
[[File:SSI-23_06.jpg | thumb | <center> ground track </center>]]
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== Debriefing ==
 
== Debriefing ==
 
 
SSI-23 was a success and fulfilled all of the initial goals set out by the team.  
 
SSI-23 was a success and fulfilled all of the initial goals set out by the team.  
  
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== Milestones ==
 
== Milestones ==
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 20:47, 27 October 2015

SSI-23 (Gemini)
Ssi 23.png
Launch date October 24th, 2015, 11:39AM PDT
Launch site 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA
Launch coordinates 36.84842,-121.43236
Flight duration 3 hours, 20 minutes
Landing coordinates 37.08607,-119.71602
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SSI-23 Gemini was the 22nd launch of SSI Balloons and the first launch for the inexperienced all-freshman team. It was a complete success, querying kinetic and atmospheric data, logging data, powering heaters, never using them because of internal insulation, generating current with a solar panel, capturing beautiful shots with a camera, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude. It flew 155.10 kilometers over a course of 3 hours and 20 minutes, landing in a UC Berkeley research facility.

Pre-Launch

Payload Specifications

Launch site

We launched from a park near 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA at 11:39AM. The conditions were not to sunny or windy, providing a great start as the balloons were picked up by the easterly drafts.

The Flight

155.10 kilometers E (79°)

ground track

Debriefing

SSI-23 was a success and fulfilled all of the initial goals set out by the team.

Milestones

Gallery

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