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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High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 12, 2011 CNSP-06 K6RPT-15 Last Reported Altitude 110,889 The flight was doing well until it reached an altitude of 54,475 feet. Then we stopped receiving APRS packets at 60 second intervals. We only received two more packets after that, 75,465 and 110,889. We believe the APRS tracker had a defective antenna. The Stratofox tracking & recovery teams were in the Central Valley for...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 5, 2011 CNSP-05 K6RPT-13 Maximum Altitude 107,116 When we rolled the out the 3000 gram balloon to start the fill, we noticed it had very inconsistent color and translucent areas with one large patch that looked like it was thicker and less translucent. We were very concerned about the quality of the balloon. Our new system for weighing the balloon’s free lift worked well, and we...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on November 18, 2010 CNSP-04 K6RPT-11 Maximum Altitude 115,505 K6RPT-11 never reached burst altitude and flew across three western states, landing in Utah. In our efforts to reach high altitude, we have learned how to build a very high altitude floater. In the future we plan to use this high altitude floater again, to see how far we can fly it across the United States. Flight Information...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on August 30, 2010 CNSP-03 K6RPT-14 Maximum Altitude 122,649 News Links NBC 11 Interview August 30, 2010 NBC 11 KRON 4 Interview August 30, 2010 KRON 4 Flight Information High Altitude Attempt APRS Tracking on 144.39 Photographs for CNSP-03. ...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on March 27, 2010 CNSP-02 K6RPT-12 Maximum Altitude 100,442 News Links San Jose Mercury News CBS Interview CNSP-02 March 29, 2010 Good Day Sacramento Flight Information APRS Tracking on 144.39 Camera taking pictures of the horizon every 15 seconds. BalloonSat Mini logging internal and external temperatures. Cross Band Repeater Balloon Will Receive on 446.000, 100 hz pl and Transmit...
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High Altitude Balloon Launch on September 12, 2009 CNSP-01 K6RPT-10 Maximum Altitude 105,441 News Links San Jose Mercury News September 12, 2009 September 13, 2009 September 17, 2009 CBS 5 Interview September 17, 2009 CBS 5 Flight Information APRS Tracking on 144.39 K6RPT-10 APRS Tracking on 144.36 K6RPT-11 Camera taking pictures of the horizon every 15 seconds. Simplex Repeater CNSP-01 ...
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