SSI-86
| SSI-86 | ||||
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| Designations | CY-2 | |||
| Launch date | May 18, 2019, 9:35 PDT | |||
| Launch site | Brigantino Park, Hollister, CA | |||
| Launch coordinates | 36.849,-121.433 | |||
| Flight profile | Ballast control (first) Standard latex (second) | |||
| Landing time | May 18, 2019, 14:47 PDT (first) May 19, 2019, 21:10 PDT (second) | |||
| Landing site | 2 km SSW of Clinton, Amador County, CA (first) Near Bernice Lake, Yosemite NP, CA (second) | |||
| Landing coordinates | 38.356, -120.675 (first) 37.7677,-119.3281(second) | |||
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SSI-86 (project designation CY-2) was the second launch of Project Cycloon on May 18, 2019, featuring a legacy ballast mechanism from ValBal operated by Cycloon avionics and marking the beginning of #cy-flops. The mission was noted for its low-altitude profile and highly remarkable, unanticipated resumption of flight after being grounded overnight, the only such occurance in SSI history
A proof-of-concept of Cycloon's aero-marine platform architecture, it was the first marine-tether profile launch in SSI's history. It was also a rare nighttime launch, a rare weekday launch, and the first-ever launch from Pigeon Point Light Station.
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| 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 | |