The GHS EAST program will be launching a camera, GPS, and instruments to collect data into the outer reaches of the atmosphere. In order to do so we will be using a 20ft weather balloon. This balloon weighs 600g and will hold 50-100 cubic feet of helium. When we launch it at earths surface it will have a diameter of about 6ft. As it rises, the lower air pressure allows the helium inside the balloon to expand stretching the balloon to around 20ft. At around 30,000 meters (20 miles) the balloon will burst from the pressure and the payload will fall back to earth.
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We expect the flight to take around 2 hours and recent trajectory forecasts predict that the landing will be somewhere between Jonesboro, AR and Memphis,TN.
Our anticipated launch date is November 15 2013.
Our anticipated launch date is November 15 2013.
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