HAMSTER (High Altitude Multi-payload Student Teaching and Educational Resource) is Kentucky Space’s latest high-altitude balloon mission, successfully launched April 17, 2011. This balloon carried a variety of payloads to capture images from space, test avionics for future balloon missions, and a new avionics payload system developed by a University of Kentucky Senior design team.
| Launch Location | Date | Time | GPS Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobson Park 4001 Athens-Boonesboro Rd. Lexington, KY 40509 |
Launched and recovered April 17, 2011 |
8:00AM | 37.986391, -84.424998 |
Flight Path:
Frequencies of Transmitting Hardware:
| Radio | Frequency | Power | Data | Call Sign |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APRS Beacon | 144.39 MHz | 300 mW | GPS Coordinates | KK4AJI-11 |
| Simplex Voice Repeater | 447.15 MHz | 2 W | HAM voice repeater | KJ4HVJ-11 |
| CW Beacon | 146.65 MHz | 50 mW | Morse Beacon | KI4KXM-11 |
| Senior Design Payload | 902-928 MHz FH55 | 100 mW | GPS and Exp. Telemetry | – |