Lift-off video and photos from the flight of the Probe-02
I invite you to a 40-minute video, filmed by members of the WroSpace association, of the launch of two stratospheric probes, which took place on November 11, 2021. The video describes the steps involved in preparing the launch (language: PL).
https://www.facebook.com/wrospace/videos/2984299931831914/
Below is the gallery of selected photos taken during the flight of the probe “Probe-02”.
1. Time: 09:08:47, the first second of free flight. Altitude: 192 m above the sea level. A morning view of the Ślęża mountain. The probe is just under the thin layer of mist.
2. Time: 09:10.48, the beginning of the third minute of the flight. Altitude: 558 m. The same mountain. The probe is over the thin layer of mist.
3. Time: 09:14:52, the sixth minute of the flight. Altitude: 1322 m. In spite of clear sky from the ground perspective during the whole flight time, the mist seems to be much more dense while observing it from the 1 km of altitude.
4. Time: 09:43:14, the 34th minute of the flight. Altitude: 8897 m. Visible dense clouds over the Czech Republic. A similar view can be seen from the passenger plane.
5. Time: 10:00:28, the 51st minute of the flight. Altitude: 13.4 km. Typical passenger planes flight approximately 2-3 km below. Only the Concorde used to flight higher. Obviously military and experimental aircrafts too. The blackness of outer space is beginning to become visible.
6. Time: 10:21:44, the 63rd minute of the flight. Altitude: 16.4 km. 20 years ago everyone could admire a similar view. Now the Concorde is not flying anymore. That’s a pity.
7. Time: 10:37:57, the 89th minute of the flight. Altitude: 22.8 km. The darkness of the outer space is well visible now. Below there is the thin layer of our atmosphere.
8. Time: 10:52:09, the 103rd minute of the flight. Altitude: 26.8 km. Only 6 minutes of ascending left. Only 6 minutes to balloon burst. Look at the colour of the Sun. Not met at the ground.
9. Time: 11:16:28, the 127th minute of the flight. Altitude: 13.8 km. The parachute is working well. The Probe slowed down from 30 m/s at the first stage of descent to 7 m/s. Visible the Odra river crossing the city of Opole. Below chimneys of the Opole powerplant.
10. Time: 11:38:46, two hours and half of the flight. Altitude: 5039 m. Only 18 minutes flight left. On the ground visible the Turawskie Lake. The probe is approaching to Olesno city.
11. Time: 11:52:57, the 164th minute of flight. Altitude: 921 m above the seal level. Slightly more than 3 minutes of flight left. At right there is visible a railway line along the border of the forest. “The ideal place for landing” 🙂
12. Time: 11:56:00, the 167th minute of flight. Altitude: 200 m above the seal level, a few meters above the ground level. Only two seconds of flight left. At glance the landing place would seem a real nightmare for chasing team, but…
Luckily the Probe-02 has landed just in the middle of the train line with its high voltage power line and the forest 🙂
In spite of the fact that the area of landing can be predicted, the exact place of landing is always a mystery.