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BASE_DePauw This is the official fan page for the Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (BASE) program at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.

This is the official fan page for the Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (BASE) program at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.Website:https://www.depauw.edu/academics/departments-programs/physics-astronomy/department-research/base/ http://www.tinyurl.com/BASEDePauw

BASE (Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments) plans to return to the skies on June 4 around 1300 UTC. Flight will ...
06/04/2025

BASE (Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments) plans to return to the skies on June 4 around 1300 UTC. Flight will carry two BigRedBee radios under the call signs W9YJ-11 and W9YJ-14 and a MQ9 gas sensor to see if we can detect the wildfire smoke from the Canadian fires. We will lift with two 300 gram balloons filled with hydrogen. Initial ascent will be 5 m/s until reaching 15 km. Then we plan to cut away one balloon with the HAB Bounder from Loonatec. This is preparation for later flights this summer with our Geiger Counter array.

Launch will be from the roof of the Julian Science and Mathematics Center on the DePauw campus. Predicted landing around Tipton, Indiana. Surface winds should make for an exciting launch with a rookie crew.

Howard, KC9QBN
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05/16/2018

BASE 107 recovered. Headed back to Thorpe Creek Elementary.

05/16/2018

BASE 107 landed. Visual on last 2500 feet of descent.

05/16/2018

BASE 107 burst about 102,000 feet.

05/16/2018

BASE 107 above 100,000 feet!

05/16/2018

BASE 107 at 63 kft.

05/16/2018

BASE 107 is up! Headed to east central Indiana.

05/16/2018

BASE 107 ready to fill the balloon. Release at 9:30 AM EDT

05/14/2018

Final prep underway for BASE 107. Release at 9:30 EDT on Wednesday 16 May from Thorpe Creek Elementary in Fishers, IN. Follow along with

10/31/2017

BASE 105 recovered!!

10/31/2017

BASE 105 reached 100,000 feet. Landed in Delaware, Ohio. Currently in a tree.

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36 Julian Science And Mathematics Center, DePauw University, 2 E. Hanna Street
Greencastle, IN
46135

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