Super Pressure Balloon Flight, September 20, 2015 CNSP-27   K6RPT-12   California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Sunday, September 20, 2015, flight # CNSP-27; call sign K6RPT-12. This is another one of our  SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. This flight reached a float altitude for two hours and then developed a micro pinhole and...

Super Pressure Balloon Flight, August 8, 2015 CNSP-26   K6RPT-11   California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Saturday, August 8, 2015, flight # CNSP-26; call sign K6RPT-11. This is another one of our  SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. This Super Pressure balloon is completely different from earlier SP flights, the changes include,...

Super Pressure Balloon Flight, July 17, 2015 CNSP-25   K6RPT-12   California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Friday, July 17, 2015, flight # CNSP-25; call sign K6RPT-12. This is another one of our  SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. This flight was using only solar to power the APRS tracking system. The flight ended on July 27, 2015 when...

CNSP and Stanford Space Initiative, May 16, 2015   The California Near Space Project and Stanford Space Initiative collaborated in the launch of Stanford’s three high altitude balloon flights on May 16, 2015. CNSP provided launch support, using our Alicat Mass Flow Meter to precision fill the balloons for launch. Stanford’s latex balloon altitude-control technology is very impressive, and we look forward to following the evolution of...

Super Pressure Balloon Flight, April 12, 2015 CNSP-24   K6RPT-11   California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Sunday, April 12, 2015, flight # CNSP-24; call sign K6RPT-11. This is another one of our  SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. The flight completed its journey around the world on Monday, April 27, 2015, with the last report coming...