We’re launching our balloon tomorrow! We’ll be launching at 10AM from Prattsville, NY.

You can track the balloon here.

A quick run-down of the mission:

• We’re launching a 1600g balloon with multiple payloads:
  • An APRS Radio GPS tracker
  • A SPOT Satellite GPS tracker
  • A 10DOF (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, temperature, pressure) sensor logger and GPS logger package
  • A Ozone sensor logger
  • A GoPro with a Roaree (Columbia University’s mascot) plushie as the subject
  • A Radar Reflector
• Goals:
  • Get weather balloon experience
  • Detect the ozone layer
  • See if we can get anything interesting from the 10DOF sensors
  • Set a precedence for more ambitious and significant flights in the future
  • Get some sweet, sweet footage from 100,000 ft

We’re looking forward to a great launch!

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p.s. The rockets team is launching tomorrow too!

-Jake