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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 flew 155.10 kilometers over a course of 3 hours and 20 minutes, reaching an altitude of 33 Kilometers before landing in a University of California research facility. 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, orienting the GPS upward with a gimbal, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude.
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, orienting the GPS upward with a gimbal, 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 University of California research facility.
== Pre-Launch ==
== Pre-Launch ==
== Launch site ==
== Launch site ==
[[File:SSI-23_12.jpg | left | thumb| <center> The launch site </center>]]
[[File:SSI-23_12.jpg | left | thumb| <center> The launch site </center>]]
SSI-23 was launched from a park near 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA at 11:39AM. The conditions were not too sunny or windy, providing a great start as the balloons were picked up by the easterly drafts.
SSI-23 was launched from a park near 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA at 11:39AM. The team left campus at 5:30AM, and was mostly ready to launch. Everything was working the night before, and the only change made was the addition of a power cable to the keychain camera. The conditions were not too sunny or windy, providing a great start as the balloons were picked up by the easterly drafts.
== The Flight ==
== The Flight ==
== Debriefing ==
== Debriefing ==
SSI-23 was a success and fulfilled all of the initial goals set out by the team.
SSI-23 was a success and fulfilled all of the initial goals set out by the team.
*Successful data collection and logging
*Successful data collection and logging