Archive for August, 2011
Mission Highlights: Delta 4 rocket launches the GPS IIF-2 satellite (Credit: ULA)
Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., (July 16, 2011) – A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-2 payload lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 2:41 am EDT today. This is the seventh ULA launch this year. “Congratulations to the entire team on the successful launch of [...]
Launch of Weather Balloon Project
Video taken from the payload of my first weather balloon project. The payload was a small foam polystyrene box loaded with camcorder, stills camera and tracking equipment. It was attached to a parachute and a helium weather balloon, ascending to 98810 feet (over 30000 metres, classed as “near space” and part of the stratosphere) before [...]