Jan and myself went after the ozone probe launched from Hohenpeissenberg, Our timing was good and we were in the landing area near Starnberg when the probe made its final descent. We lost the signal of probe in 715 m altitude which corresponds to about 15m above the ground.
[14845] (N3430640) Mo 2020-08-17 07:37:35.001 lat: 48.03832 lon: 11.38934 alt: 715.59 vH: 3.7 D: 40.9 vV: -4.6 T=17.7C RH=79%
Near Leutstetten, we shortly stopped to reorient us and to set a route to the last point of received telemetry. We then continued and shortly after that, we reacquired the signal.
[15577] (N3430640) Mo 2020-08-17 07:49:47.000 lat: 48.03828 lon: 11.38949 alt: 695.21 vH: 0.1 D: 150.6 vV: 0.1 T=18.0C RH=84%
Arriving at the landing point, we realized that Rolf once again was faster and had recovered the probe 1-2 minutes earlier. Stefan was second, we were third, and Matthias, who shortly arrived after us, was 4th. After a long and nice chat each of us went his way.
Before returning home, I went to Raisting to visit a field of antennas for satellite communications. I visited it as a child with my grandfather in the 70s. I only recall one antenna in a radom operated by Deutsche Post that relayed telephone connections to the US. Today, there is a field of antennas operated Global Eagle. The 25m dish and radom covering it became an industrial monument and houses a museum. As the radom broke during a storm in February 2020, it is closed. The radom is currently being reconstructed.
