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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

←SSI-23a

SSI Balloon Launches

SSI-24→

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

Gallery

33Km view
popped balloon
SSI-23 02.jpg
deployment mechanism
SSI-24 or SSI-25
ground track
parachute deployment

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

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 File:SSI-23_00.png | <center> 33Km view </center>
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+File:SSI-23_02.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_03.gif | <center> deployment mechanism </center>
+File:SSI-23_04.png | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_05.jpg | <center> </center>
 File:SSI-23_07.png | <center> [[SSI-24]] or [[SSI-25]] </center>
-File:SSI-23_01.png | <center> popped balloon </center>
+File:SSI-23_06.jpg | <center> ground track </center>
 File:SSI-23_08.png | <center> parachute deployment </center>
-File:SSI-23_06.jpg | <center> ground track </center>
+File:SSI-23_09.jpg | <center> </center>
-File:SSI-23_03.gif | <center> deployment mechanism </center>
+File:SSI-23_10.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_11.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_12.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_13.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_14.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_15.jpg | <center> </center>
+File:SSI-23_06.jpg | <center> </center>
 </gallery>
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