Beautiful picture during Bexus 6/7 Launch Campaign at: http://www.rymdstyrelsen.se/bexus_2008.shtml

More information about the Project History of the experiment

• Bexus 6 comes back to Esrange  (10th October 2008)

• Bexus 6 recovery  (9th October 2008)

• Bexus 6 successfully launched  (8th October 2008)

• Bexus 6 launch rescheduled  (6th October 2008)

• RF interference test   (5th October 2008)

• Experiment integration on the Bexus 6 gondola  (4th October 2008)

• E-link telemetry test  (4th October 2008)

• Magnetometers test on the launch field  (4th October 2008)

• Long-run test  (3rd October 2008)

Bexus 6 comes back to Esrange  (10th October 2008)

On 10th October, Bexus 6 comes back to Esrange. The gondola was not damaged thanks to the soft landing and also our experiment was in perfect conditions.

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Bexus 6 recovery  (9th October 2008)

Bexus 6 was successfully recovered in Finland.

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Bexus 6 successfully launched  (8th October 2008)

On 8th October 2008, Bexus 6 was successfully launched from Esrange at 7:10 UTC. After a flight lasted about 3 hours, the balloon landed somewhere in Finland, just across the Finnish border.

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Bexus 6 launch rescheduled  (6th October 2008)

After two "Decision Meeting" held this morning (7:30 and 10:00), the launch of Bexus 6 has been rescheduled to Wed 8th October 2008 (early morning), due to bad weather condition. A launch rehearsal will be held today.  The next "Decision Meeting" will be Tue 7th October 2008 at 7:30 to discuss about a possible launch window on Tue 7th October 2008. However it is not likely to have the launch tomorrow as strong winds are expected.

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RF interference test  (5th October 2008, 15:00)

RF interference test with all the experiments and Bexus avionics switched on we did together with Esrange personell to check any interference between experiments and/or avionics.

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Experiment integration on the Bexus 6 gondola  (4th October 2008)

Esrange personell had already prepared our slot on the Bexus 6 gondola, making integration simple and straightforward.

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E-link telemetry test  (4th October 2008, 15:30)

Test of telemetry and telecommand of our experiment through E-link telemetry system.

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Magnetometers test on the launch field  (4th October 2008, 10:30)

Magnetometers testing in the middle of the magnetic anomaly of Kiruna! :)

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Long-run test  (3rd-4th October 2008)

The first test we have done once we arrived at Esrange has been a overnight long-run test to check all LowCoINS functionality. The next morning we have done a full memory dump and checked the telemetry recorded overnight.

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