Flight 2 - High ALtitude ObjectA hobbyist flew a weather balloon to near-space, using off-the-shelf parts, with a payload of a GPS, digital camera, 900MHz radio, and SMS module. There are some amazing photos & videos on the site, near the peak of the flight you can actually see the blackness of space. Also, check out the .kmz file for loading into Google Earth. Flight 2 - High ALtitude ObjectAfter the capsule landed, I received an SMS with position and we went there and retrieved it. It was a farmer's field — we asked for permission to retrieve the capsule from his property. ( 16 , 86 ) Weather Balloon flown 30km into spaceA hobbyist flew a weather balloon to near-space, using off-the-shelf parts, with a payload of a GPS, digital camera, 900MHz radio, and SMS module. There are some amazing photos & videos on the site, near the peak of the flight you can actually see the blackness of space. Also, check out the .kmz file for loading into Google Earth. ( 7 , 92 ) Hobbyist sends DIY balloon with camera 30 kms into space!( 405 ) i consider this fascinatingi consider this fascinating ( 1 ) - 27 Oct 2007, 10:03am in cool, hardware, gps, maps, make, space, electronics, hobby, flight, balloon, weather, map, tech, readlater, photo, projects, project, diy, photography, photos, science, interesting, programming, video, and balloons |
