[amsat-bb] [UTARC Balloon] Pre-Launch Notice for Spirit of Knoxville IV Balloon

[jkelly]

FYI,

Jeff
KT2K

> Hello,
> This message is sent to you because you have signed up for  
> email notices from the Spirit of Knoxville trans-atlantic balloon  
> team.  Spirit of Knoxville IV (SNOX IV) launch date has been set.   
> This flight is designed to stay aloft for more than 24 hours,  
> inserted into the current jet stream at normal flight altitudes of  
> 30,000 to 40,000 ft.   This will take the balloon into Europe over  
> the UK and France if all goes well around 40 hours into the flight.
> 
> Launch Time:  0200 UTC March 11  (10 PM EDT March 10)
> Track the mission live at: http://www.spiritofknoxville.com  (the  
> Live status page will only become active at launch)
> Keep an eye on the latest progress from the launch team on the front  
> page of spiritofknoxville.com or by using twitter to follow twitter  
> user "spiritofknox".
> 
> 
> Radio listeners: Flight radio details will be available on the DTRC  
> status page which opens when you run the current version of DTRC.   
> Download DTRC from http://dtrc.utarc.org
> 
> Thanks,
> Spirit of Knoxville Crew
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