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Ballooning

Summary of ballooning activities at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota.

Helium Tanks Status

  • Updated Date: April 29, 2023
  • Updated By: David Delene

Note Location is the space where the tank is chained to, with numbers going from left to right. The Tank is the color and number, from left to right. The owner and pressure should be with label on the tank.

Location Department Owner/PI Size Tank Pressure Updated Attachment
Space 1
Space 2 AtSc AtSc (Aaron Old) Large G-1 2200 PSI Oct, 28 2024
Space 3 SpSt Ron Fevig Large B-1 1400 PSI Oct, 28 2024
Space 4 SpSt Ron Fevig. Large B-2 2000 PSI Oct, 28 2024
Space 5
Space 6 AtSc AtSc Department Large G-2 2400 PSI Oct, 28 2024
Space 7
Space 8
Space 9 AtSc David Delene Small R-2 2000 PSI April 29, 2024 Clear-hose Regulator
Space 10 AtSc David Delene Small R-10 2000 PSI April 29, 2024 Transfer hose

Flight Launch History

Date Launch Location NOTAM Purpose Notes
2022/05/23 Clifford Hall GFK 05/265 NASA DCOTSS Lost radiosonde downlink and Minisonde GPS link shortly after launch.
2022/05/26 Clifford Hall GFK 05/284 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch sucessful, Windsond laptop issues
2022/05/29 Clifford Hall GFK 05/337 NASA DCOTSS Dual Ozonesondes launch successful, retrieval unsuccessful
2022/05/31 Clifford Hall GFK 05/373 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, no retrieval
2022/06/02 Clifford Hall GFK 06/007 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, no retrieval
2022/06/05 Clifford Hall GFK 06/026 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, retrieval successful
2022/06/08 Clifford Hall GFK 06/046 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, retrieval successful. Issues with balloon and roof antenna.
2022/06/10 Clifford Hall GFK 06/107 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, no retrieval
2022/06/21 Clifford Hall GFK 06/204 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful
2022/06/24 Clifford Hall GFK 06/236 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, balloon popped prematurely due to significant icing.
2022/06/27 Clifford Hall GFK 06/307 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful
2022/06/29 Clifford Hall GFK 06/319 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, mobile antenna performed better than roof antenna
2022/07/06 Clifford Hall GFK 07/045 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, minisonde attached. However radiosonde battery rapidly drained after 10km. Finally cut out at 21km.
2022/07/08 Clifford Hall GFK 07/070 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful, retrieval successful
2022/07/11 Clifford Hall GFK 07/130 NASA DCOTSS Ozonesonde launch successful
2022/09/14 Clifford Hall Roof N/A SkyFora Streamsonde data cut out during or shortly after launch. Cut down malfunction.
2022/09/15 Clifford Hall Roof N/A SkyFora StreamSonde battery test.
2024/04/30 Clifford Hall N/A AtSc 240 iMet-4 launch for AtSc 240 lab
2024/05/01 Clifford Hall N/A AtSc 240 iMet-4 launch for AtSc 240 lab

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