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Where will the DataBird land?

Friday, 14 July 2006

There are a number of ways to guess where the DataBird will land. The following are to list a few:

Set the landing sites on private property where someone nearby can scan easily, and phone if they find it. This method requires a bit of organising yet most economical in the long run.
Use a radio beacon / transmitter / sonde. The DataBird can be configured to output modulated data which can be decode by a ground stations.
Download Sites.Zip
With the use of the Sites prediction application and jetstream prediction models, you can now determine the likely landing location before actually launching. Download here. For prediction model, we recommend using the University of Wyoming web-based Balloon Trajectory forecast.

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