High Altitude Balloon crosses US and headed for Europe

[randy]

Several High Altitude balloons were launched from San Jose CA yesterday. They were carrying amateur radio trackers (APRS for the radio-geeks). One made it as far as Indiana before touching down.

The other is currently over the Atlantic has been picked up by a Portuguese station.

See: http://aprs.fi/?call=K6RPT-11&mt=roadma ... _s=ss_call

Currently at 110,391 feet traveling at 153 MPH

Red dots are actual heard positions amateur radio stations listening on 144.390 MHz and fed to the internet.

The green line is extrapolation based on dead reckoning during periods it was out of range of ground stations.

Last heard from the side of the pond by a station in Nova Scotia. It was picked up late this afternoon by stations in the Azores and has pretty much be continuously tracked since then.

Use the "Show Last" drop down box on the right side of the page and set it to "3 Days" to see the entire track.

This has got to be some kind of record, and it's been neat following it for the day. I was even the first to post to the SIGs when it got the first position into the Portuguese station (CT1END)

Balloon owner's website: California Near Space Project

[mekender]

It is now over the Med about to pass Algiers...

Updated: 2011-12-14 08:08:30z (15s)
Position: 37°18.59' N 0°28.57' E

159 MPH 82° alt 113813 ft


Not sure what the degrees mean in the last line, perhaps that is the outside temp but they cant display a negative?

[randy]

Direction of travel