This past Wednesday we had our second flight. This time the recovery went to Illinois to retrieve the balloon! Some pictures as seen from the Canon Camera– http://youtu.be/wgRxtVSIDTs Some [...]
Some updates on yesterday’s marathon flight: -Duration of approximately 4.5 hours covering a ground distance of about 223 miles from launch to touch down. -Top speed of 92 MPH with much of [...]
This map says it all: With today’s flight we literally crossed the entire state of Missouri, launching from just over the western border in Kansas to landing approximately 15 miles east of the [...]
After 4 hours of driving and 300 miles on the road, Fred and Bob found and successfully retrieved the payload capsule! It was hanging approximately 20 feet in the air, suspended in a tree. A [...]
Touchdown tonight at approximately 5:58 PM CST. Apogee of approximately 87,000 feet reached over the Ted Shanks Wildlife Management Area on the border between Missouri and Illinois. Touchdown [...]
It’s currently 4:05 PM in Kansas City and the balloon has been flying about 3.5 hours! The winds are really carrying it and, if we get lucky, should give us an interesting flight view [...]
We are less than an hour to the second launch of Ascent. Here is the current forecasted flight path: Winds are easing a bit with the forecasted flight now covering 71 miles. Estimated landing [...]
Wednesday morning, 11/9, we will once again launch a high altitude weather balloon with cameras on-board. This is the link to use to follow the flight live using the GPS signal. . [...]
