Nova 8
Nova 8 was launched on 29/08/08 as another sunrise attempt with upgraded cameras. It reached 32.880km and took some incredible pictures. More details can be found:
Posted on Aug 29, 2008 by James Coxon · Comment
HAPS-1
HAPS-1 was launched on 25/08/08 and reached 32.33km and was sucessfully recovered.
Main website
Discussions of the images
Posted on Aug 25, 2008 by James Coxon · Comment
Nova 7 Launch
Nova 7 was launched on 25/07/08 predawn in attempt to capture sunrise images at altitude. It reached 33.281km altitude and was successfully recovered.
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 by James Coxon · Comment
Nova 6 Launch
Yesterday (23/07/08) Nova 6 based around Badgerboard was launched from Churchill College, Cambridge and climbed to reach a record altitude of 32.461km before parachuting back down to earth landing 59km from the launch site.
The payload was tracked both from the chase team and also from a second site in London.
More details can be found on the CUSF site soon.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 by James Coxon ·
Firefly (FHALP-3)
Firefly (FHALP-3) was launched from EARs on 26/04/08 attached to two balloons (to test potential Atlas setups). After a rough launch the flight computer cut out after a few minutes though the payload could be tracked visually and by the radio beacon for over 30 minutes. After this contact was lost however on landing sms were received and the payload was recovered in a field: 52.322 0.888.
More information can be found on the pegasushabproject website
Posted on Apr 26, 2008 by James Coxon ·
Pong-1 'The John R Hall'
Launched from west of Templeton, California, Pong -1 reached a apogee of 98000ft before descending by parachute. The last known position was 35°41’18” N 118°57’59” W at an altitude of 3800ft in to an area of hills.
Throughout the flight the payload was tracked by APRS – the track can be found here
Update – Pong-1 has been retrieved more info be found on the site: Pong-1
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 by James Coxon ·
Firefly (FHALP-2)
Firefly (FHALP-2) was launched from EARS, Cambridgeshire on 10/02/08 and was tracked by radio (Morse on 434mhz) and also visually to apogee. At apogee contact was lost and despite search in a variety of forecast landing sites the payload was not found.
More information can be found:
FHALP-2
Posted on Feb 10, 2008 by James Coxon ·
UKHAS Rogallo
Low altitude test of a rogallo guided system launched from EARS, cut down at 4100m and landed near Grafton Water. More information on the wiki.
Posted on Dec 16, 2007 by James Coxon ·
Pegasus V
Launched 10.54, 28th April 2007, climbed to 10,155m before cutdown after 1 hour, landed in field near Kettering.
More info on the UKHAS wiki
or on its page here
Posted on Apr 28, 2007 by James Coxon ·
MiHAB Glider Flight 1
Launched from EARs site in Cambridgeshire carrying glider – cutdown after 15 minutes
“This appears to have gone into a spiral dive soon after release, descending at 15m/s into an industrial estate at the edge of St-Neots, it was found the next day and will be recovered shortly.”
Posted on Apr 03, 2007 by James Coxon ·