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SSI-23 Gemini was the 22nd launch of SSI Balloons and the first launch for the inexperienced all-freshman team. It was a complete success, querying kinetic and atmospheric data, logging data, powering heaters, never using them because of internal insulation, generating current with a solar panel, capturing beautiful shots with a camera, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude. It flew 155.10 kilometers over a course of 3 hours and 20 minutes, landing in a UC Berkeley research facility.  
SSI-23 Gemini was the 23rd launch of SSI Balloons and the first launch for the inexperienced all-freshman team. It was a complete success, querying kinetic and atmospheric data, logging data, powering heaters, never using them because of internal insulation, generating current with a solar panel, capturing beautiful shots with a camera, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude. It flew 155.10 kilometers over a course of 3 hours and 20 minutes, landing in a UC Berkeley research facility.  


== Pre-Launch ==
== Pre-Launch ==

Revision as of 20:52, 27 October 2015

SSI-23 (Gemini)
Launch date October 24th, 2015, 11:39AM PDT
Launch site 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA
Launch coordinates 36.84842,-121.43236
Flight duration 3 hours, 20 minutes
Landing coordinates 37.08607,-119.71602
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SSI-23 Gemini was the 23rd launch of SSI Balloons and the first launch for the inexperienced all-freshman team. It was a complete success, querying kinetic and atmospheric data, logging data, powering heaters, never using them because of internal insulation, generating current with a solar panel, capturing beautiful shots with a camera, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude. It flew 155.10 kilometers over a course of 3 hours and 20 minutes, landing in a UC Berkeley research facility.

Pre-Launch

Payload Specifications

Launch site

We launched from a park near 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA at 11:39AM. The conditions were not to sunny or windy, providing a great start as the balloons were picked up by the easterly drafts.

The Flight

155.10 kilometers E (79°)

ground track

Debriefing

SSI-23 was a success and fulfilled all of the initial goals set out by the team.

Milestones

Balloon Launches
2014-15 SSI-19 • 20 • 21 • 22
2015-16 SSI-23(a) • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43
2016-17 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52
2017-18
2018-19 83 • 86 • 87 • 90 • 91
2019-20 92 • 93 • 97
V • E