{"id":5255,"date":"2018-08-18T22:54:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T21:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2018-11-25T21:20:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T20:20:01","slug":"2018-08-18-the-probe-too-close-to-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"2018-08-18: The Probe too close to ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s probe started in Stuttgart, flew an 8-shape pattern\u00a0 and landed about 1 km away from its launch site in a wineyard. The wineyard faces our house and is about 4km in the direct line of sight. I was able to decode the probe even on the ground sitting comfortably in the living room.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I became somewhat reluctant to collect another RS41, it was just too close to not go and to not retrieve it. Felix joined, and 15 minutes later, we found ourselves at the wineyard looking for the probe. We quickly located it\u00a0 near the decoded position. The high landing speed more than 10 m\/s had suggested that the parachute had not deployed. Sure enough, we found the parachute entangled by the rests of the burst balloon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5261\" style=\"width: 1778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_Trajectory.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_Trajectory.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1778\" height=\"794\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trajectory of Probe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5259\" style=\"width: 1484px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_LandingSite1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5259 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_LandingSite1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1484\" height=\"977\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landing site, Launch site, and our Position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5257\" style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_IMG_1394-e1534628809939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5257 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_IMG_1394-e1534628809939.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Probe, the Balloon, and the Parachute in the Wineyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5258\" style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_IMG_1399-e1534628791868.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_IMG_1399-e1534628791868.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felix and the Probe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5260\" style=\"width: 1644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_LandingSite2_annotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5260 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180818_LandingSite2_annotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1644\" height=\"977\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Probe in the Wineyard.<br \/>(red=ground track, blue=trajectory, yellow=ground track of Felix and myself)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s probe started in Stuttgart, flew an 8-shape pattern\u00a0 and landed about 1 km away from its launch site in a wineyard. The wineyard faces our house and is about 4km in the direct line of sight. I was able to decode the probe even on the ground sitting comfortably in the living room. 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