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Re: Canada and France Launch Stratospheric Balloon
« Reply #1 on: 09/13/2013 08:12 pm »
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Re: Canada and France Launch Stratospheric Balloon
« Reply #2 on: 09/13/2013 09:21 pm »
Is this anything special? Undergrads and high schoolers reach 100,000 feet (30 km).
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Re: Canada and France Launch Stratospheric Balloon
« Reply #3 on: 09/14/2013 12:25 pm »
Is this anything special? Undergrads and high schoolers reach 100,000 feet (30 km).

It's a big deal for Canada. Their balloon program had been scaled back about a decade ago for budgetary reasons. This is the start of a new program.
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/sciences/balloons/benefits.asp

See also this article (September 12, 2013 entry):
http://stratocat.com.ar/indexe.html

And this:
http://stratocat.com.ar/bases/80e.htm
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Re: Canada and France Launch Stratospheric Balloon
« Reply #4 on: 09/14/2013 12:37 pm »
The second ballon was launched last night:

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Launched at 1:28 a.m., the second stratospheric balloon  is on its way to reach a ceiling of 39.5 [k]m! #Stratos

https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/378754727556947968

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#Stratos : the stratospheric balloon landed at 2:25 p.m., North-East of the city of Amos, Quebec.

https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/378965534341365760
« Last Edit: 09/14/2013 09:45 pm by yg1968 »

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