Omaha Nebraska
Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
Coming Summer 2020!!
Thursday July 9 through Saturday July 11, 2020
About the Event
Great Plains Super Launch is the premier high altitude ballooning event in North America. Started in 2001 by Paul Verhage, this annual event is now in its 19th year. Hosted in various locations around the midwest, GPSL attacts the brightest and most innovative amateur balloonist from the US and abroad.
2020 Symposium Venue
6005 University Dr N
Omaha, NE 68182
Dates
Thursday-Saturday, July 9-11, 2020
Event Schedules
Thursday July 9, 2020
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Local Tour
Venue
To Be Decided
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday Nigh Dinner
Venue
To Be Decided
Friday July 10, 2020
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Balloon Symposium
Venue
Rosken's Hall
University of Nebraska, Omaha
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday Night Dinner
Venue
To Be Decided
Saturday July 11, 2020
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Balloon Launch
Venue
To Be Decided
Event Registration
GPSL attendees are required to pre-register and pre-pay. Additionally, groups or individuals who are flying balloons during the Saturday mass launch are required to register their payloads.
Event registration will be opening soon. Please check back later.
GPSL Groups.io Reflector
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Another found payload
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 14, 2020 | 14:03 pmhttps://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/f2lcav/help_me_identify_this_raspberry_pi_i_found_in_my/ The payload was stuck in a tree for a couple of months in northern New Jersey before the homeowner decided to pull it out of the tree (it was 40' up). It's a Raspberry Pi payload that used a Verizon[…]
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Re: FW: Air Force Pilot Sends Ring to Space in Epic Marriage Proposal
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 13, 2020 | 20:51 pmI'm guessing it wasn't ham radio as his name is not associated with a callsign. But he could have a friend who does that. 73 de Mark N9XTN
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Re: FW: Air Force Pilot Sends Ring to Space in Epic Marriage Proposal
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 13, 2020 | 20:20 pmI was wondering how it was being tracked as it lacked that information in the article. Mark
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Re: FW: Air Force Pilot Sends Ring to Space in Epic Marriage Proposal
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 13, 2020 | 19:54 pmChicken!We sent up the real ring and retrieved it. I haven’t asked how much the ring was worth. There was enough pressure just making sure we retrieved the payload. I blew out a calf muscle walking in to the field to retrieve[…]
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FW: Air Force Pilot Sends Ring to Space in Epic Marriage Proposal
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 13, 2020 | 15:10 pmhttps://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/12/air-force-pilot-sends-ring-space-epic-marriage-proposal.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22FtHdVJ7hENear space, actually - it was a weather balloon flight from Missouri Ibelieve.Launched by a B-2 pilot assigned to Whiteman AFB.73 de Mark N9XTN
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Re: Unknown weather balloon payload from 2017 launch found in NC
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 17, 2020 | 02:35 amFantastic!
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Re: Unknown weather balloon payload from 2017 launch found in NC
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 17, 2020 | 02:29 amThe payload owner has been found - don't know any more details than that at the moment.https://twitter.com/OLHZN/status/1217993094685253637 73 de Mark N9XTN
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Re: Unknown weather balloon payload from 2017 launch found in NC
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 14, 2020 | 15:00 pmHank's posted nudged me to go have a look at the archived analysis data (go to ready.arl.noaa.gov and selected "Archived Meteorology" on the left). With the relatively light winds out of the west, I would guess the launch site was along[…]
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Re: Unknown weather balloon payload from 2017 launch found in NC
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 12, 2020 | 20:04 pm_________________________________________________________________________________This appears to have been a flight launched late morning on July 5, 2017 according to the timestamps visible in the Facebook photos. I think it was a GoPro camera, photo filenames begin with "G". T-shirt on the guy that[…]
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Unknown weather balloon payload from 2017 launch found in NC
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 12, 2020 | 17:28 pmhttps://twitter.com/OLHZN/status/1216397196804984832 https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157996040032905&id=549012904This appears to have been a flight launched late morning on July 5, 2017 according to the timestamps visible in the Facebook photos. I think it was a GoPro camera, photo filenames begin with "G". T-shirt on the guy that[…]
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