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At 6.30 am on Saturday, 2 November, the Ascension team successfully launched their experiment-packed balloon after overcoming numerous cancellations over the past year. Favourable weather and an early start helped them achieve this milestone against the odds.
The launch included several ambitious experiments:
- Space School Experiment: This experiment measured temperature, pressure, acceleration, and gyroscopic data throughout the flight.
- SpaceY CanSat Team: The team tested their air quality sensor in the upper atmosphere, contributing valuable data.
- SpaceQuest from Queen Elizabeth School, Kent: Their setup included a Raspberry Pi with a camera, Geiger tube, and various other sensors.
- Asgard XI Experiment: This experiment measured pressure, external temperature, and radiation. It previously detected the Regener-Pfotzer maximum using a Geiger-Müller tube on a launch in Brussels, the goal was to compare results with a UK launch.
- Camera Setups: We had an upward-facing camera aimed at capturing the balloon burst, along with another camera sponsored by Army Painter, which featured a Warhammer figurine posed against shots of the horizon to capture the Earth’s curvature.
