Starting Termination

HASP's loop-de-loop track is still giving us trouble. We received word that CSBF would terminate the HASP flight at 07:15 MDT this morning. Thus, we began the shutdown process. This included powering off payloads 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 at about 06:58 MDT. In parallel, we were heating the Montana servo motors, which were cold soaked overnight to about -60 degrees F. Getting the servos above 0 deg F, took three 5 minute heat cycles and I was just about ready to send the "close lid" command, when the terminate was aborted. Apparently our descent vector on parachute was getting too close to a set of power lines and the termination was put off for about two hours. Currently, all student payloads are off except for the Montana experiment (payload 10). In addition, the CosmoCam batteries are very low in charge, so CosmoCam has been powered off for now. We will review the situation again at about 08:30 MDT