Surfing Satellites

Surfs Up 6 Flight Report (preliminary)

Launch Date	14 August 2010
Launch Time	11:20:00 (15:20:00z)
Launch Site	Wyandot County Airport (40.88833N, 83.3147W)
Touchdown Time	landing time
Landing Site	Southwest of Reed Township, OH (lat, lon)
Distance/Bearing	28 miles @ 52° true

Special thanks John (W8JES) and Stan (K8SRB) for setting up an I-gate on the primary tracking frequency.

Discussion

Successes	Flight Track, the MapPoint Add-In, successfully tracked this flight and assisted with placing the chase team a quarter mile from the landing site. The chase team saw the last minute of descent and the touchdown.
Tracking Failure	Telemetry on 144.800 MHz was not received consistently (the flight was tracked on 144.39). Upon review of the payload after touchdown, the antenna was tangled in the link lines (lines that attach to the other payload). Also, the antenna braid was exposed and damaged.

Pre-Flight Prediction and Actual Track

Launch Site Details

Flight Day Frequencies

Primary (APRS)	144.39 MHz every 75 seconds
Secondary (i-gated)	144.80 MHz slotted at 25 seconds past the GPS minute; every 60 seconds

Flight Systems

Payload Configuration

Imaging

Data and Charts