The balloon launched at 0831 and landed at 1218. It flew approximately 116 miles and landed at 40.96950, -102.57883, 3-1/2 miles northwest of Sedwick, Colorado. The balloon reached a height of 94,963 ft. After landing, the parachute dragged the payload string 962 feet. Good payload construction saved all the experiments!
Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 20:59
EOSS-227 reached an altitude of 65,435ft and was recovered north of Torrington, Wyoming, between highway 159 and the Nebraska border at N 42° 13.614”, W 104° 08.662”. EOSS would like to thank the WY Air National Guard for the use of Camp Guernsey facilities, and the amateur radio operators in Southeast Wyoming for their support, in particular WA7SNU for the use of the Wheatland repe
Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Sat, 06/25/2016 - 20:22
EOSS attended the Great Plains Superlaunch, presented 3 papers on amateur radio balloon topics, and participated in the simultaneous launch of 10 balloons from Granbury, Texas
EOSS 222/223/224 were launched from the Limon launch site at approximately 0830 on May 21st. EOSS-224 was found after 59 days hidden in a wheat field. See the galleries below for additional information.
EOSS-222 landing site was at 39.65567 N, 103.03233 W