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Subj: [WIA-News] Aussie high altitude balloon flight heads home
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From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
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Aussie high altitude balloon flight heads home
Date : 16 / 01 / 2015
Author : Jim Linton - VK3PC
The small Australian balloon circling the southern hemisphere in an
easterly direction that left Melbourne Australia in late December,
has been now tracked over the Indian Ocean.
Andre Pretorius V51B in Namibia, and Joe Geldenhuys ZS2JO in South Africa,
both heard the balloon near Madagascar, at an altitude of 9500 metres
and travelling at 43 km/h.
Andy Nguyen VK3YT, who launched the small solar-powered helium filled
strong foil party-type balloon on December 27, has reported its
movements since then. After leaving Melbourne it reached the southern
tip of New Zealand, travelled across the Pacific and South America,
over the Southern Atlantic Ocean, exiting the coast of Southern Africa
and heading toward Australia.
PS-30 is the latest pico balloon launched by Andy VK3YT who has been
described as the 'master of miniaturisation' and developed a skill in
the technology.
It includes a 13 grams payload with a 25mw transmitter on WSPR and JT9,
able of send locational and other data.
Andy VK3YT has thanked the new tracking stations involved.
At several stages the flight went into circles, seemed to stall,
and at one time was thought to be lost, until found by eager radio
amateurs in South Africa. A joyous Andy reports:
"Looks like it is straight to Australia from here."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forward trajectory
jet-stream forecast is across the Indian Ocean to Western Australia.
The Amateur Radio community in many countries are trying to track
the balloon flight.
For more information including links click the following Link >>
https://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/new-vk-pico-balloon-be-launched
(Sourced from the WIA Website)
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150116-1/index.php
(Posted to the Packet Radio Network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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