Silicon Valley, California
The California Near Space Project is known for its record-breaking flights across the Atlantic Ocean. CNSP has launched two balloons, which traveled from the West Coast of the United States to Africa and Europe.
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CNSP has successfully completed several high-profile missions, including two Trans-Atlanic Flights and two Around the World Flights. Ron Meadows and other members of the group have been featured in a number of mainstream and ham-oriented media outlets.
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California Near Space Project is pleased to announce the launch of our latest project, Super Pressure Evolution Efficiency Design, “SPEED.”
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California Near Space Project (CNSP) has built and launched several custom Super Pressure balloons form our latest project, Super Pressure Evolution Efficiency Design, “SPEED.” that flew around the world.
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight, November 16, 2020 SPOC Project, SPOC-1 California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Monday, November 16, 2020, flight # SPOC-1, with a float altitude of 16.5 km. SPOC-1 is testing a new Scientific Balloon Solutions machine seamed multi-gore Super Pressure Balloon for the SPOC Project, Super Pressure Orbiting Communications. This flight is proof of...
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight, November 2, 2020 CNSP-34 K6RPT-1 California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Monday, November 2, 2020, flight # CNSP-34; call sign K6RPT-1. This is a SBS-13 v2, Machine Seamed Super Pressure Balloon, with a float altitude of 46,000 feet or 14 km. This flight is testing a new payload for our SPOC Project , Super Pressure Orbiting Communications. ...
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight, October 14, 2019 CNSP-33 K6RPT-11 California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Monday, October 14, 2019, flight # CNSP-33; call sign K6RPT-11. This is another one of our SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. This is a SBS-13 Version 2, Machine Seamed Super Pressure Balloon. We are testing higher levels of free lift...
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight, August 26, 2019 CNSP-32 KA6TVU-12 California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Monday, August 26, 2019, flight # CNSP-32; call sign KA6TVU-12. This is another one of our SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. This is a SBS-13 Version 2, Machine Seamed Super Pressure Balloon. We are testing higher levels of free lift...
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight, August 19, 2019 CNSP-31 KA6TVU-11 California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Monday, August 19, 2019, flight # CNSP-31; call sign KA6TVU-11. This is another one of our SPEED Project missions to push the evolution of efficiency and design. This is a SBS-13 Version 2, Machine Seamed Super Pressure Balloon. All design changes have been successful,...
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CNSP & Scientific Balloon Solutions California Near Space Project (CNSP) has been working on techniques for long duration balloon flights. We pushed the latex weather balloons far beyond their normal capability. In 2011 we flew CNSP-11, the very first latex balloon to ever cross the Atlantic; it flew from California to the Mediterranean Sea. We flew a second latex balloon across the Atlantic again in 2012. We realized that we needed to...
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight, August 24, 2016 CNSP-30 K6RPT-11 California Near Space Project (CNSP) launched a Super Pressure Balloon from Silicon Valley California on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, flight # CNSP-30; 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 a SBS-16, the design changes include, geometric design and additional...
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