Outdoor tests

View of the launch base at sunset: The left side shows the hangar where the balloon will be filled and the right side shows the operation building with the payload high bay and workshop on the ground level.

Outdoor hang test for checking the attitude control system feedback and the GPS antenna connection and data.

Nearly everybody (but Hide Fuke and Tetsuya Yoshida) stepped back to not disturb the electromagnetic interference and telemetry and command link test. All systems were turned on to determine the minimum antenna signal that can be reliably interpreted by the payload.

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