Launch Archive

2023 March 25

Payloads: Geiger counter, various environmental sensors, cameras, squishmallow, and Sprinkle the Weasel

Launch site: Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park in Sahuarita

Maximum altitude: 28.8 km

Flight duration: 2hr:44min

Landing site: Next to Interstate 10 between Lordsburg and Deming

All payloads successfully recovered

2022 September 24

Payload: a project by Fangamer

Launch site: west of Oracle

Maximum altitude: 25.9 km

Flight duration: 1hr:35min

Landing site: Falcon Valley Ranch

Payload successfully recovered

2022 May 1

Payloads: micrometeorite collector prototype, Geiger counter, plant seeds, radio test, cameras

Launch site: Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park in Sahuarita

Maximum altitude: 23.4 km

Flight duration: 1hr:30min

Landing site: west of Willcox Playa

Four payloads successfully recovered, micrometeorite collector box lost. High winds at launch caused payload impact with ground, weakening payload's connection to payload train, leading to payload separating after balloon burst at high altitude. Solution: use a balloon holding device and a gas flow meter to enable gentler launches even in high wind. Also use more duct tape.

2021 December 4

Payloads: micrometeorite collector prototype, mosquito larvae, radio test, cameras

Launch site: Arivaca Junction

Maximum altitude: 23 km

Flight duration: 1hr:30min

Landing site: northeast of Whetstone

All payloads successfully recovered

 

 

2021 June 30

Payloads: servo-actuated tail fin, radio test, cameras

Launch site: west of Oracle

Maximum altitude: 29.892 km

Flight duration: 2hr:30min

Landing site: east of Florence

All payloads successfully recovered

 

2021 February 27

Payloads: wind vane, chocolate bars, cameras

Launch site: Arivaca Junction

Maximum altitude: 22.5 km

Flight duration: 1hr:25min:39sec

Landing site: Dos Cabezas Area

All payloads successfully recovered