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| header = SSI-44 (Zeus)
| header = SSI-44 (Zeus)
| img link =[[File:TeamZeus.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Team Zeus on Launch Day]]
| img link =[[File:TeamZeus.jpeg|350px|thumb|right|Team Zeus on Launch Day]]
| launch date = October 22, 2016
| launch date = October 22, 2016
| launch site = 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA
| launch site = 2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA
==Payload Description==
*One box made of two vertically conjoined boxes
*Selfie stick with convex mirror out in front of GoPro, balanced with dope-ass Zeus flag
*Adorned with Kirill's, Aria's, and Brandon's faces, along with SSI stickers, the American flag, and gold and space duct tape
*Plastic bin on the bottom filled with slips of paper with Kirill's face, name, and number, secured with a string designed to be cut with a Nichrome wire at a designated altitude
*Keychain camera wrapped in handwarmers and duct tape secured to bottom of payload
*Parachute release mechanism connected to payload, balloon, and parachute, designed to release both parachute and balloon when the balloon popped
*Included customary sensors, avionics, and communications
==Prep and difficulties==
*SPOT wouldn't connect, couldn't find satellites
*Then GPS wouldn't connect (blocked by gimbal)
*Nichrome wire accidently turned on during testing, cutting the string
*Thermocouple apparently under duct tape :(
*GoPro set to picture mode, took one picture every second instead of video :/
*Loop on top of parachute too big, got caught on the release mechanism (fixed with a ziptie)
*Launched at around noon after securing to the balloon with a very extensive sketch knot (duct taped many times over)
==Flight==
*Origin (2093 San Juan Drive, Hollister, CA)
*Flew __ miles for __ hours approximately north-east
*Landed north of Modesto, near Yosemite, on a cattle ranch, 2.5 miles off the main road
==Recovery==
*Last to pick up
*Gate was locked (including ominous signs, a tire, and bullet holes), debated trespassing
*Talked to a neighbor who knew a guy who knew a guy who knew a guy who had the key
*Talked to the first guy, he directed us to the next one
*Talked to the second guy, really sketchy, wouldn't come out from behind screen door, directed us to the next one
*Talked to Pat Aries, owner of a llama and goat farm, he knew the guy with the key, but he was 200 miles away so he gave us permission to trespass
*Group split, only Theo's and Kirill's cars stayed
*Recovery team: Kirill, David, Celeste, Paulina, Ella, Marco, Hannah, Ryan, Jesus, Paige, Phillip
*Sun was setting as we hopped the gate, so we jogged
*0.5 miles on a dirt road, came to a pasture and a gate, hopped that
*1 mile on a trail in the weeds, it ended, we walked through the weeds
*Came to a barbed wire fence with cows on the other side
*Avoided cows by going up and over a hill
*Found the trail on the other side, followed it 1 mile to the payload
==Post recovery ==
*Parachute release mechanism successfully deployed both parachute and balloon
*Key chain camera snapped off, was lost
*Mirror had been turned upside down, out of view of camera
*Gopro still had battery, but SD card was full
*Nichrome wire failed to cut, didn't release papers
*We carried it back down the path
*Ran into some cows, ran away from some cows
*Kirill kicked a toad :(
*Made it back to the car an hour after recovery
*Got dinner in Modesto
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[[Category: High Altitude Balloons]][[Category: Balloon Launches]]
[[Category: High Altitude Balloons]][[Category: Balloon Launches]]