Great Plains Super Launch
The Great Plains Super Launch returns to the midwest in 2019. The Super Launch will be held on Friday/Saturday June 14 and 15, 2019 in Pella Iowa. GPSL is the premier balloon gathering for high altitude balloon enthisasts from around the world. Each year GPSL is located in the midwest, and draws hobbiests and professionals from dozens of states, and as far away as England.
For further information, please see the event Agenda for specific times.
GPSL Groups.io
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360 Balloon Launch
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 15, 2018 | 16:30 pmI posted a short 360 video I recorded of the balloon launches at the Nebraska Star Party. I shared a balloon with NSTAR and the second balloon was launched by the Nebraska Space Grant.The video is located at, https://youtu.be/--p-FAzLLmo-- Dr. L. Paul[…]
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WB4APR-11 over New England
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 13, 2018 | 23:19 pmhttps://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FWB4APR-11&timerange=3600&tail=3600Sent from phone, sorry for typos and brevity
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Presentations
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 12, 2018 | 23:18 pmI didn't ask for them at the conference, but please email me your GPSL presentation and Mark Conner can post them online for us.Thanks
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Re: Collision video
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2018 | 21:04 pmI think it's more startling that we filled two separate balloons with very different weights (ours was ~2 lbs, theirs was at least 5) and managed to hit almost exactly the same ascent rate, drift some distance apart, then come[…]
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Re: Collision video
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 8, 2018 | 16:48 pmIsn't that incredibly interesting. Has anyone have any idea why the two balloons would be moving so differently in the same air mass? Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com
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Collision video
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 8, 2018 | 15:59 pmhttps://youtu.be/_RoQxu1CBh873 de Mark N9XTN
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Re: First ARHAB/ARHAB collision?
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 8, 2018 | 13:22 pmHere's a frame grab right after the collision.73 de Mark N9XTN
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4 Misses and a Hit. The Movie
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 8, 2018 | 12:25 pmTwo balloons had a joust yesterday and one lost at 14,000 feet.This is the first mid-air collusion between near spacecraft.---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Michael Sibbernsen
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First ARHAB/ARHAB collision?
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 8, 2018 | 00:20 amNSTAR 18-B (paired with NearSys) and Nebraska Space Grant launched this morning at the Nebraska Star Party south of Valentine NE. At about 14,000 ft, NSTAR suddenly began descending and landed only a few miles away from the launch site.In[…]
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flighttracker.surfingsatellites.org?
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 7, 2018 | 22:24 pmI am watching the weather and thinking about a launch this weekend. I attempted to get to the subject flight tracker and it did not seem to be available?LarryKJ6PBS
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