High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 10, 2012 CNSP-15 K6RPT-10 Maximum Altitude 120,087 CNSP-15 was launched for testing lift to weight ratios, pushing the limits on the Hwoyee envelope for more data. Don Ferguson, AI6RE and Linda Ferguson, KE6BEO tracked and recovered CNSP-15 payload. Flight Information High Altitude Flight APRS Tracking on 144.39 CNSP-15 ...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on December 11, 2011 CNSP-14 K6RPT-14 Maximum Altitude 128,795 We launched CNSP-14 at sunset to avoid the UV exposure on the balloon and to see what affect this would have on altitude. Stratofox Aerospace Tracking & Recovery Team was in Central Valley receiving packets directly from the APRS transmitter until it flew over the Sierras and landed near Area 51 in Nevada. Flight...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on December 11, 2011 CNSP-13 K6RPT-13 Maximum Altitude 125,077 We launched CNSP-13 at sunset to avoid the UV exposure on the balloon and to see what affect this would have on altitude. Stratofox Aerospace Tracking & Recovery Team was in Central Valley receiving packets directly from the APRS transmitter until it flew over the Sierras and landed near Area 51 in Nevada. Flight...
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High Altitude Balloon Floater, December 11, 2011 CNSP-12 K6RPT-12 Maximum Altitude 122,748 Lee Meadows of CNSP Payload Engineering took the lead for this flight. It was his calculations that made it possible for CNSP-12 to achieve this float altitude. CNSP-12 (K6RPT-12) reached a maximum float altitude of 122,748 feet AGL and traveled 18 hours from San Jose, California to Indiana. CNSP would like to thank Howard Brooks,...
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Transatlantic Balloon Flight, December 11-14, 2011 CNSP-11 K6RPT-11 World Records held for an unballasted, unmanned latex weather balloon flight First Successful Transatlantic Crossing First Successful US Transcontinental Crossing Flight Distance 6,236 Great Circle Miles Flight Duration 57 hours 2 minutes The First Transcontinental Transatlantic International Amateur Radio Balloon Flight By Don Ferguson,...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on October 23, 2011 CNSP-10 K6RPT-11 Maximum Altitude 136,545 CNSP-10 (K6RPT-11) reached a record breaking altitude of 136,545 feet AGL. Lee Meadows of CNSP Payload Engineering took the lead for this flight. It was his calculations that made it possible for CNSP-10 to achieve this altitude. The Stratofox Aerospace Tracking & Recovery Team did an outstanding job recovering the CNSP-10...
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