September 16, 2010 Meeting Agenda

TA Balloon

• Open HF Tracking Network Update
  • UKHAS Gen 1 - spacenear.us
  • UKHAS Gen 2
• Balloon Sourcing
  • Aerostar
    • Insurance
  • Global Western
    • New info

Trial Balloon 1

• Launch Site Selection Criteria
• Known Sources
  • Balloon
  • Parachute
• Identify Tasks to do

Tasks

• Task management system - Bill
• Document Who's interested in doing what so far

Schedule additional meetings:

• Documentation/website Organization
  • Schedule separate meeting to do this
• TA Prior flight analysis- analyze SNOX 4 transatlantic flight data for baseline
  • Schedule additional meeting soon for this.
  • Graphing telemetry data
  • defining ballast algorithm
  • document technical system design

ATC interaction training

• Mini Session 1 of ATC interaction training for balloonists
• need a few people trained for this.

To Do:

• Determining a good altitude profile that harnesses the jet stream optimally

UKHAS Telemetry Tracker Discussion Notes