Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
Coming Summer 2020!!
Friday July 10 & 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
The 2020 GPSL Symposium will be strictly virtual. Registration will be free, and will be opening shortly. Presentations will start Friday morning. Saturday afternoon an open mic will be available to show and tell your own group's launch.
Dates
Friday and Saturday, July 10-11, 2020
Event Schedules
Friday July 10, 2020
14:00Z / 9:00AM (CDT)
Balloon Symposium
Venue
Online
Saturday July 11, 2020
14:00Z / 9:00AM (CDT)
Worldwide Balloon Launch
Venue
Join us in a mass-launch across the global Saturday morning, July 11th.
Event Registration
GPSL attendees are required to pre-register.
Event registration is closed for 2020. Check back soon for information about the 2021 event!!!
GPSL Groups.io Reflector
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Re: Life in the Stratosphere?
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 22, 2020 | 21:24 pmNo I haven't and don't know anyone who has. How would you test the camera to make sure there isn't a "glitch" in it delivering false images? It sounds like an interesting project.
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Re: Life in the Stratosphere?
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 21, 2020 | 15:16 pmHas anyone in this group sent up a high speed video camera? I've been doing a study of high-speed UFOs captured on film and just completed a book on this subject. These objects move so fast that they can't be[…]
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Re: Life in the Stratosphere?
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 20, 2020 | 04:03 amI tried something similar and wrote about it in my book on your space with the basic stamp. Essentially, I put together Petri dishes with agar that was hot enough to sterilize it. Then I used to serve out to[…]
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Re: Life in the Stratosphere?
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 20, 2020 | 03:49 amWe've been planning to do this. If you write to me off-list, I'll put you in touch with our team who have designed a box. Largely because of the sterility issues, we're trying micrometorites as our first cut before going[…]
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Life in the Stratosphere?
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 20, 2020 | 02:31 amWe are thinking about what project we want to take on this winter We have considered streaming video from the balloon. I really liked that idea but no one else did. So now we are thinking about attempting to capture bacteria in the[…]
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Video of AHAC 2020 conference
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 19, 2020 | 23:39 pmVideos of the talks for AHAC 2020 conference will be here. The Workshop on Lora is already up on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/StratoballooningOrg/videos - Bill WB8ELK
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Re: Academic High Altitude Conference 2020 is going on today and is free
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 19, 2020 | 18:37 pmHi Hank, I emailed you the links directly. I was listening to one of the talks earlier about balloon venting. - Bill
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Re: Academic High Altitude Conference 2020 is going on today and is free
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 19, 2020 | 18:12 pmBill,I have a feeling you didn't get my direct email. Just in case there's something going on on your end that you might not be aware of, mentioning it now here rather than waiting a long time.Hank
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Academic High Altitude Conference 2020 is going on today and is free
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 19, 2020 | 17:56 pmhttps://www.stratoballooning.org/ahac-2020 If you are interested in attending the afternoon sessions, email me for the link. My callsign at AOL.com - Bill WB8ELK
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Re: Habhub Servers Downtime
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 17, 2020 | 20:07 pmJust to confirm all services are now back up and running.Thanks to Daniel and Adam for the assistance.
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