Spacebridge: The Next Generation

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before. Discussions: Discord Project Thread To be included in Spacebridge-related announcements go to #bot-commands and type /rank Spacing Guild. EVENTS: We have weekly meetings Sunday at 5pm-7/8ish. (Meetup page) Spacebridge interest list Launch and field trip announcements will be made during the weekly meeting as well as the #announcement channel on discord.

NBRL-001: Infinite Improbability Dive

Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of Tracy, California.

NBRL-001 Mission Patch

Date and Time:

2024-06-16 2:30 pm

Vehicle Type:

Unmanned Free Balloon

Launch Location:

McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA

37°43'10.7"N 122°25'10.6"W

Landing Location:

Tracy, CA (Estimated)

37°40'44.0"N 121°27'33.2"W

Objectives:

Pre-launch:

• 🟩Track and recover NWS radiosonde using SDR ground station
• 🟩Repurpose RS41 radiosonde to transmit telemetry on amateur radio band via APRS
• 🟩Identify appropriate launch location
• 🟩Plan safe and recoverable flight trajectory
• 🟩Communicate with FAA to issue NOTAM

Launch:

• 🟩Assemble and integrate payload and balloon subsystems
• 🟩Safely fill and handle balloon
• 🟩Launch!

Post-launch:

• 🟨Take time-lapse photos with iPod touch
• 🟩Receive radio signal from radiosonde
• 🟥Track balloon position using telemetry data
• 🟨Recover payload

Predicted flight path and landing locations. The black line indicates the expected flight path for a release at 10:00 AM. The colored dots indicate expected landing locations assuming a release at 10:00 AM and advancing hourly (11:00 AM launch, 12:00 PM etc.)