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On the left is a PongSat with GPS and data logging, in the center is a double MiniCube with three cameras, GPS and and array of sensors, on the right is a MiniCube having fun.

The burst of Away 104’s balloon was caugh in the camera of Away 105.

http://youtu.be/EgiA_aRHGnY

Sunday Oct 26th we flew six high altitude balloon to the top of the stratosphere. We carried over 1700 PongSat student experiments, two MiniCubes, twelve HD cameras and a host of in house experiments. We also flew the reward signs for our Kickstarter effort that raised the funds for the flights. The last flight of the day was our 171st mission.

Here’s the handout from a presentation we did recently on Magnetohydrodynamics with the Dept. of Energy.

Mission Delayed. Winds aloft have really ramped up. No matter how we run the flight sim we land in a inaccessible 11,000 foot mountain range. They are so high it would take six hours on the freeway just to get to the base of the range. We’re looking at the weather and getting permits moved again. As soon as we know I’ll post.

The mission delay will at least allow a few of the PongSats that are on there way to arrive.

The storm in the Pacific has slowed and now it’s going to hit right during the launch. We’ve official scrubbed the launch, We now in the process of moving our permits and clearances to the alternate launch date in two weeks.

JP

Away 103 through 108 ready (almost) for flight.

Thursday I got to pre screen the ‘Beyond Geek’ episode that features JPA. It is awesome! It’s going to air all across the country in November. Here’s a screenshot of the animation in the episode. It’s the Ascender entering orbit.

Yesterday we conducted our 150th supersonic run with the shock tube. We’re getting pretty comfortable in the mach 2 to 3 range.