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<img src="_Sb6_peak.jpg" title="_Sb6_peak.jpg" width="800" />
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<figcaption>_Sb6_peak.jpg</figcaption>
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</figure>
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# Flight Summary
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<figure>
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<img src="_Sb6_flight_path.jpg" title="Image: Sb6_flight_path.jpg" />
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<figcaption>Image: Sb6_flight_path.jpg</figcaption>
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</figure>
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| Date of launch: | Saturday, October 15, 2016 |
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| Time of launch: | 10:55 |
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| Time of landing: | 13:09 |
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| Time of recovery: | 13:28 |
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| Flight duration: | 2:14:00 |
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| Peak recorded altitude: | 104,023ft, (31706.2m) |
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| Location of launch: | Strasburg VA, (38 59'48.77"N 78 21'03.27"W) |
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| Location of landing: | Amissville VA, (38 40'51.56"N 77 55'58.29"W) |
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| Distance (launch to landing): | 31.36 mi, (50.47 km) |
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| Balloon type: | 1500 g Kaymont |
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| Payload weight: | 2200 g |
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| Balloon lift: | 3300 g |
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| Net lift: | 1100 g |
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# Upward Facing Camera
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This flight's payload featured an upward facing camera to gain a better
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understanding of what goes on with the balloon, rigging, and parachute
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during the flight.
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##### Balloon Expansion
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The balloon's diameter at the burst altitude is 3.43 times its diameter
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at the launch altitude. Assuming the balloon is a sphere with a 1 meter
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radius at launch, its starting volume is 4.19 m3. This means the
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balloon's volume at burst is 169.03 m3, an expansion to 40.34 times the
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launch volume.
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<figure>
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<img src="_Sb6_balloon_size_comparison.jpg"
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title="_Sb6_balloon_size_comparison.jpg" width="720" />
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<figcaption>_Sb6_balloon_size_comparison.jpg</figcaption>
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</figure>
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##### Balloon Burst
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<figure>
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<img src="_Sb6_burst.gif" title="Image: Sb6_burst.gif" />
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<figcaption>Image: Sb6_burst.gif</figcaption>
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</figure>
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# Current Mission
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Since [Global Space Balloon Challenge 2016
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(GSBC)](https://www.balloonchallenge.org) just ended, there is no better
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time than now to start
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[planning](HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects "wikilink") for participation in,
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but not limited to, the GSBC 2017 challenge. HacDC has had some
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preliminary discussions with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
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regarding some of their STEM initiatives which align well with our
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Spaceblimp project. This presents a great opportunity for HacDC to
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collaborate with the NRL and local area schools to assist students in
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preparing for the next GSBC or other balloon events. Besides helping
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young minds grow, we could also expand in to other STEAM initiatives and
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work side-by-side with distinguished researchers and scientists from the
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NRL.
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Supplies and equipment are not an issue. Hands on help is. We need
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embedded hardware, software, FPGA, and RF engineers, licensed amateur
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radio operators, project developers, crafts people, decorators,
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coordinators, outreach specialists and educators. However, no one with
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helping hands or a willingness to learn will be turned away.
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# [Current Projects](HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects "wikilink")
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<noinclude> </noinclude> |