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Pegasus-1 Mission Photos and Video

February 9, 2015February 25, 2015 wmattlong2015 High Altitude Balloon, IOT, Near Space, Real-Time IOTHigh Altitude Balloon, IOT, Mark Nichols, Matt Long, Near Space, Pegasus, Pegasus Mission, Pegasus-1, Real-Time IOT, Telemetry

Photo Montage Video | Flight Video | Narrated Video | Mission Prep Video | Flickr | The Miracle of Pegasus-1 | Pegasus Prequel

MarkAndMatt — Mark Nichols and Matt Long – The Pegasus Mission Engineering Team

Mark and Matt the night before flight — Matt Long (foreground) and Mark Nichols check equipment the night before launch.

Mark — Mark Nichols making a preflight adjustment with a cutting tool.

Software check — Matt Long verifying flight operations software.

Mark and Matt tie off the delivery system — Matt Long and Mark Nichols tie of the delivery system, a high altitude balloon ~6.5′ in diameter, with 165 cubic feet of helium.

LaunchCrew1 — Gupreet Singh Pegasus-1 Launch and Chase Team

LaunchCrew2 — Rohit Puri Pegasus-1 Launch and Chase Team

Electronics — Sensor Payload for Pegasus-1

Payload Housing

Preflight payload — Preflight payload assembly

Launch site from Pegasus-1

Exiting the clouds — Pegasus-1 exiting the clouds in lower atmosphere

Sensor package

13-15 miles up — Pegaus-1 13-15 miles up

Mid-Level Flight — Mid-Level Flight of Pegasus-1

Entering the Stratosphere — Pegasus-1 entering the Stratosphere

Directional Ground Station — Directional Ground Station with extended range

Mark Nichols Directional Ground Station

Location, Location, Location — Ham Radio and GPS for tracking Pegasus-1

Getting Ready — Prep the launch site, Othello, WA 01/28/2015

Dragging the drogue — 12″ Drogue parachute dragging behind Pegasus-1

~85,000 feet, 2.2% atm, -60 degrees — Flight APEX on Pegasus-1 ~85,000 feet, 2.2% atm, -60 degrees

Near Flight Apex — The beauty of our planet as seen from Pegasus-1

Upper1 — A planet (we think) seen from Pegasus-1 during the daytime.

V__0039 — Pegasus-1 recovered one week after flight.

BalloonRelease — Balloon released and caught on camera. It will burst at 26 foot diameter.

The Miracle of Pegasus-1 | Pegasus Prequel

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