Stratos High Altitude Balloon Launch During the 2017 Solar Eclipse

More parts just came in!!!

A GPIO expansion board for the raspberry pi, a high altitude GPS, some GPIO cabling, and some PCBs for making antenna parts (more about that soon). Pictures & more info can be found on facebook.

73,
Fleet KJ4ZWA & the Stratos Team

 

The GPS is working now!!! Both the GPS and the sense hat can feed data to the pi at the same time. Pictures on Facebook.

73,
Fleet KJ4ZWA & the Stratos Team

 

Quick update:

We are working through designing and writing all of the new software that is needed for the mission. This may take a while, but we will have some more exiting updates once the code is all written. At this point, testing of the completed payload should commence in the first or second week of July. We will be posting the times and frequencies of the tests so that if anyone is in the area, you can tune in and listen.

73,
Fleet KJ4ZWA & the Stratos Team

 

We are going to try testing this Saturday (July 29).

APRS: 144.390 Mhz.
A morse code beacon sending "KJ4ZWA stratos HAB" (as well as the battery voltage) will be on 433.925 Mhz.
The ATV transmitter frequency is yet to be determined, as it is in the mail on its way here.

I will try to post on here and on Facebook before we go live.

73,
Fleet KJ4ZWA & the Stratos Team