Balloonolo-5

Balloonolo-5

One double payload launch scheduled for Saturday (1-Aug-2015) at 11h00 (UTC) in Vila Real (north of Portugal).
Yes, one balloon with two payloads attrached!

Payload#1:
$$BALLOONOLO-5, COUNTER, LAT, LONG, ALTITUDE, TEMPERATURE, BATTERY*CHECKSUM
RTTY: 434.100MHz, Drift: 600 Hz, 50 bps, 7N1.5
LORA: 434MHz, Bandwidth 62K5, Spreading Factor 8

Payload#2:
$$$$JEBEDIAS02,cyclecount, gpslock,satelites,timestamp,lat,long,altitude,pressure,inttemp,exttemp,voltage*checksum
RTTY: 434.175 MHz, Shift: 450, BaudRate: 50, 7 (ascii) 2 StopBits

According to the prediction, payloads will fly east and end up somewhere around Vila Nova de Foz Coa.

After some failed attempts we finally managed to successfully launch, track and recover the payloads! The payloads were launched In Vila Real and after a 4 hour trip they ended up on top of an olive tree, near Carrazeda de Ansiães (Douro valley).  Even after touching down they kept on working and sending out their GPS coordinates.
The RTTY and LORA worked perfectly.

The payloads reached the altitude of 30 Kms.

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