| Reference Number: | BL 20/01-1 |
| Company Name: | High Altitude Balloon Experiment (HABEX) |
| Contact Person: | Chris Gryffenberg |
| Telephone Number: | 0835435668 |
| Email Address:: | zs6cog@gmail.com |
| Type of Operation: | Unmanned Balloon |
| Dates of Requirement: | 25 Apr 2015 |
| Duration of the Operations: | (0400Z-1000Z) 06:00L – 12:00L |
| Area/Location name: | FALI |
| Area of operation: | 261000 S 0261100 E R138 MMV 40.7NM |
| Vertical limits of the area: | UNL |
| Transponder type: | NONE |
| Aircraft type: | Unmanned Balloon |
| Aircraft registration: | |
| Additional Comments: | HABEX-10 will form part of the Global Space Balloon Challenge, an international effort to launch unmanned balloons around the world in a predetermined time frame.The payload is an Amateur Radio Payload with APRS (Automated Position Reporting System) updating on aprs.fiThe launch vehicle is a gas filled meteorological balloon with a radar reflector attached to the payload.
Materials used in the payload are plastics, electronics and batteries with GPS receiver and radio transmitter. The color of the balloon is Latex Coloured. Size is 2M in diameter at Ground Level and 11 Meters in Diameter at Burst Tracking is achieved using APRS (Automated Positioning Reporting System) via internet on the website aprs.fi. Tracking Provides heading, height above ground level and speed. |
ATC/Airspace Requirements:
| ATSU: | FAOR ACC WEST / SACAA |
| WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS PROVIDED: | CAMU has initiated NOTAM action for this operation. |
| THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET: | Contact Johannesburg ATC 30 minutes prior to commencement of operation on Tel: 011 928 6454, to advise them of your intentions and coordinate your operation. |
| SIGNED: | Zwelinzima Cira / Martin Cooper |
| DATE: | 29 January 2015 |