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...

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,...

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,...

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...

High Altitude Balloon Launch on September 3, 2011 CNSP-09   K6RPT-11 Maximum Altitude 96,508     The CNSP-09 (K6RPT-11) flight reached a maximum altitude of 96,508 Flight Information High Altitude Attempt  APRS Tracking on 144.39     CNSP-09                                      ...

High Altitude Balloon Launch on August 7, 2011 CNSP-08   K6RPT-11 Maximum Altitude 129,622   The CNSP-08 (K6RPT-11) flight reached a maximum altitude of 129,622 Stratofox Aerospace Tracking & Recovery Team did an outstanding job recovering CNSP-08. They had teams on the ground and in the air.  (see picture below)   CNSP-08                              ...

High Altitude Balloon Launch on March 11, 2011 CNSP-07   K6RPT-8 Maximum Altitude 128,047      The CNSP-07 (K6RPT-8) flight reached a maximum altitude of 128,047 The payload was recovered.   Flight Information High Altitude Attempt  APRS Tracking on 144.39   CNSP-07                                            ...