HacDC Spaceblimp - Revision history

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	* Insatiable and unstoppable, the HacDC team puts up [[HacDC Spaceblimp 5]] on July 9, 2011. We bought a yet-bigger balloon to try to get higher, and so: 118,533 ft!		* Insatiable and unstoppable, the HacDC team puts up [[HacDC Spaceblimp 5]] on July 9, 2011. We bought a yet-bigger balloon to try to get higher, and so: 118,533 ft!

			* [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6]] was launched in October 2016, reaching 104,023 ft with HD video, instrumentation and various GPS radio trackers. It was the first Spaceblimp that captured video of its own balloon and parachute. It was recovered in record time just 20 minutes after landing despite failure of its primary radio transmitter (the backup worked!) and the video is now on YouTube.

			* [[HacDC Spaceblimp 7]] is planned for late March 2018 with various GoPro HD cameras, a new TrackSoar GPS/Radio tracker, three Raspberry Pi Zeros and a gyroscopic stabilizer.

	* '''If you want to get involved or learn more or contribute to the program...[http://hacdc.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceblimp Subscribe to the Spaceblimp email list]'''		* '''If you want to get involved or learn more or contribute to the program...[http://hacdc.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceblimp Subscribe to the Spaceblimp email list]'''

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	Project Spaceblimp is back! Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|6 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_5\|Spaceblimp 5]] reaching a maximum altitude of 118,533 ft and [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6\|Spaceblimp 6]] reaching 104,023 ft on 15 October 2016. The next iteration is expected in Spring ~~2017~~.		Project Spaceblimp is back! Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|6 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_5\|Spaceblimp 5]] reaching a maximum altitude of 118,533 ft and [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6\|Spaceblimp 6]] reaching 104,023 ft on 15 October 2016. The next iteration is expected in Spring 2018.

	= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =		= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =

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	~~We are reviving the HacDC~~ Spaceblimp ~~project once again. Traditionally,~~ Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|5 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_5\|Spaceblimp 5]] reaching a maximum altitude of 118,533 ft.		Project Spaceblimp is back! Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|6 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_5\|Spaceblimp 5]] reaching a maximum altitude of 118,533 ft and [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6\|Spaceblimp 6]] reaching 104,023 ft on 15 October 2016. The next iteration is expected in Spring 2017.

	= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =		= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =

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2016-07-25T23:37:43Z

Ewaldo: Spaceblimp 5 went higher

2016-07-22T04:58:16Z

Spaceblimp 5 went higher

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	We are reviving the HacDC Spaceblimp project once again. Traditionally, Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|5 Spaceblimps]], with [[~~HacDC_Spaceblimp_4~~\|Spaceblimp 4]] reaching a maximum altitude of ~~103~~,~~764~~ ft.		We are reviving the HacDC Spaceblimp project once again. Traditionally, Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|5 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_5\|Spaceblimp 5]] reaching a maximum altitude of 118,533 ft.

	= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =		= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =

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	Supplies and equipment are not an issue. Hands on help is. We need embedded hardware, software, FPGA, and RF engineers, licensed amateur radio operators, project developers, crafts people, decorators, coordinators, outreach specialists and educators. However, no one with helping hands or a willingness to learn will be turned away.		Supplies and equipment are not an issue. Hands on help is. We need embedded hardware, software, FPGA, and RF engineers, licensed amateur radio operators, project developers, crafts people, decorators, coordinators, outreach specialists and educators. However, no one with helping hands or a willingness to learn will be turned away.

	=History the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=		=History of the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=
	* On Aug 7, 2010, we launched our first balloon: [[HacDC Spaceblimp 1]]. Its epic journey began well enough, but the antenna came loose somewhere around 60,000 ft and we never heard from it again. Until three months later, when a farmer found it in her field, called up a friend (who happened to be an engineer) and it came back home. The pictures are fantastic, but the telemetry data was lost -- it overwrote itself many times over before the batteries finally gave up.		* On Aug 7, 2010, we launched our first balloon: [[HacDC Spaceblimp 1]]. Its epic journey began well enough, but the antenna came loose somewhere around 60,000 ft and we never heard from it again. Until three months later, when a farmer found it in her field, called up a friend (who happened to be an engineer) and it came back home. The pictures are fantastic, but the telemetry data was lost -- it overwrote itself many times over before the batteries finally gave up.

96.88.198.77: Nancy updated the current team project

2016-07-22T03:07:45Z

Nancy updated the current team project

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	Supplies and equipment are not an issue. Hands on help is. We need embedded hardware, software, FPGA, and RF engineers, licensed amateur radio operators, project developers, crafts people, decorators, coordinators, outreach specialists and educators. However, no one with helping hands or a willingness to learn will be turned away.		Supplies and equipment are not an issue. Hands on help is. We need embedded hardware, software, FPGA, and RF engineers, licensed amateur radio operators, project developers, crafts people, decorators, coordinators, outreach specialists and educators. However, no one with helping hands or a willingness to learn will be turned away.

	=~~About~~ the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=		=History the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=
	* On Aug 7, 2010, we launched our first balloon: [[HacDC Spaceblimp 1]]. Its epic journey began well enough, but the antenna came loose somewhere around 60,000 ft and we never heard from it again. Until three months later, when a farmer found it in her field, called up a friend (who happened to be an engineer) and it came back home. The pictures are fantastic, but the telemetry data was lost -- it overwrote itself many times over before the batteries finally gave up.		* On Aug 7, 2010, we launched our first balloon: [[HacDC Spaceblimp 1]]. Its epic journey began well enough, but the antenna came loose somewhere around 60,000 ft and we never heard from it again. Until three months later, when a farmer found it in her field, called up a friend (who happened to be an engineer) and it came back home. The pictures are fantastic, but the telemetry data was lost -- it overwrote itself many times over before the batteries finally gave up.

96.88.198.77: Nancy updated the current team project

2016-07-22T03:04:41Z

Nancy updated the current team project

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	= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =		= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =

			Since Global Space Balloon Challenge 2016 (GSBC) just ended, there is no better time than now to start planning for participation in, but not limited to, the GSBC 2017 challenge. HacDC has had some preliminary discussions with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) regarding some of their STEM initiatives which align well with our Spaceblimp project. This presents a great opportunity for HacDC to collaborate with the NRL and local area schools to assist students in preparing for the next GSBC or other balloon events. Besides helping young minds grow, we could also expand in to other STEAM initiatives and work side-by-side with distinguished researchers and scientists from the NRL.

			Supplies and equipment are not an issue. Hands on help is. We need embedded hardware, software, FPGA, and RF engineers, licensed amateur radio operators, project developers, crafts people, decorators, coordinators, outreach specialists and educators. However, no one with helping hands or a willingness to learn will be turned away.

	=About the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=		=About the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=

96.88.198.77: Nancy updated the current team project

2016-07-22T02:25:23Z

Nancy updated the current team project

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	We are reviving the HacDC Spaceblimp project once again. Traditionally, Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|5 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_4\|Spaceblimp 4]] reaching a maximum altitude of 103,764 ft.		We are reviving the HacDC Spaceblimp project once again. Traditionally, Spaceblimp has been a multi-discipline club effort to build, launch, track, and recover a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon High-altitude Balloon]. So far HacDC has launched [[Template:Spaceblimp\|5 Spaceblimps]], with [[HacDC_Spaceblimp_4\|Spaceblimp 4]] reaching a maximum altitude of 103,764 ft.

	== Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] ==		= Come be involved in [[HacDC Spaceblimp 6\|Spaceblimp 6]] =

	=About the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=		=About the HacDC Spaceblimp Project=

Ewaldo: Move projects to Spaceblimp 6

2016-07-22T02:03:41Z

Move projects to Spaceblimp 6

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	* '''If you want to get involved or learn more or contribute to the program...[http://hacdc.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceblimp Subscribe to the Spaceblimp email list]'''		* '''If you want to get involved or learn more or contribute to the program...[http://hacdc.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceblimp Subscribe to the Spaceblimp email list]'''


	~~=Current Project Teams=~~

	*[[Structural Design]]
	*[[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects/System_Testing_and_Integration\|System Testing and Integration]]
	*[[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects/Curriculum Development and key Project Documents\|Curriculum Development and key Project Documents]]
	*[[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects/fundraising\|Fundraising]]
	*[[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects/Safety\|Safety]]
	*[[HacDC_Spaceblimp_6/Projects/Recovery team (chase team)\|Recovery team (chase team)]]

	=Related Links=		=Related Links=

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	* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/spaceblimp/ HacDC Spaceblimp Flickr Group]		* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/spaceblimp/ HacDC Spaceblimp Flickr Group]
	* [~~http~~://~~gallery~~.~~jbwa~~.~~net~~/~~SpaceBlimp~~/~~SB1~~/ ~~Images from Spaceblimp 1]~~		* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/itechgeek/collections/72157627971098680/ All HacDC Spaceblimp photos (hosted on ITechGeek's Flickr)]
	* [http://gallery.jbwa.net/SpaceBlimp/~~SB3~~/ ~~Images from~~ Spaceblimp 3]

	GPS visualizations of balloon trajectory from the Flickr Group (made with GPS Visualizer http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/):		GPS visualizations of balloon trajectory from the Flickr Group (made with GPS Visualizer http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/):