Great Plains Super Launch
GPSL is the premier balloon gathering for high altitude enthusiasts from around the world. Each year GPSL is located in or around the Midwest and draws hobbyists and professionals from dozens of states, and as far away as England.
The Super Launch will be held on Thursday through Saturday, July 9 through 11, 2020 in Omaha, Nebraska.
For further information, please see the event Agenda for specific times. If you have questions or comments, please ask!
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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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Re: ARHAB web page
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 1, 2020 | 02:17 amSteve. That's why I would like to see the records updated and kept. My record will be very hard to beat. You can see the video by searching my call on Youtube.N8WAC/Tony
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Reprieve for Yahoo Groups
Great Plains Super Launch Dec 10, 2019 | 21:29 pmhttps://slate.com/technology/2019/12/yahoo-groups-is-ending-and-verizon-is-making-it-hard-for-people-to-archive-its-content.html Site is presently non-functional however.73 de Mark N9XTN
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Re: ARHAB web page
Great Plains Super Launch Dec 8, 2019 | 17:56 pmWow 797miles (1283Km) is pretty impressive. I assume the great circle distance being referred to is the direct ground distance between the ground stations - rather than adding up the two halves. Do data QSOs count? and […]
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Re: ARHAB web page
Great Plains Super Launch Dec 8, 2019 | 04:19 amHello HowardI went to the old record books that you suggested and it was down. Oh well......you, Mike and myself know that we all hold the record Thanks to your balloon. We also have my Youtube for proof. I'll be[…]
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Re: Student Experiment Advice
Great Plains Super Launch Dec 4, 2019 | 23:16 pmThe way I tried to do this is with a petri dish that was opened up by a servo at high altitude. I think a petri dish is too small so I would make a large expanded foam petri dish, perhaps[…]
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