JP Aerospace Blog

This is from Away 47, just after balloon burst. The launch site is lower left of the center.

Yesterday was spent sorting PongSats and breaking down vehicles. We’ve not only sorting them out to their schools and experimenters but logging which vehicle they were on.  We hope to have them all out in the mail by the middle of next week.

Away 47 2 sec. after launch, Away 48 1 second after launch.

Away 48 at release and climbing skyward.

Away 48 PongSats heading out and Away 47 PongSats heading home.

Away 48 made an appearance  in the cameras of Away 49. They were a few miles apart when the faster climbing Away 49 overtook Away 48.  Away 48 shows up about six times in each of Away 49′s five cameras. We can tell it’s Away 48 from top to bottom travel through the course of the images, and the fact the appearance coincides with the altitude of the rendezvous. The balloon is about 54 feet in diameter at this level.