NS-112
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| Date | 10/16/22 |
| Maximum Altitude (m/ft) | X,Y |
| Launch Location | launchCoords |
| Landing Location | landingCoords |
| Flight Duration | HH:MM:SS |
| Payloads | |
| External Orgs |
N/A |
This was the first test flight of the balloon venting payload GHOUL (a spiritual successor to Helios). Since it was an unflown balloon neck payload there were some issues on the launchpad caused by GHOUL. The payload was not able to seal the neck of the balloon very well and a lot of leaking occurred. The leaks were patched with tape and this proved to be effective. However, adding the tape made it unlikely that the cutdown mechanism would work (eventually confirmed with post-flight ground testing) and the GHOUL team thought that the manual [Choppy]s installed below GHOUL would have to be used to terminate the flight, resulting in a loss of the payload.