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 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. For those that would like to arrive Wednesday evening, Pelle Explores Near Space (PENS) will be hosting Thursday group tours of area places of interest. In addition, spouse/family activities will be available on Friday.
Pella is a historic town, originally founded by Dutch settlers. We are located 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, IA. Iowa's largest lake with a beach, marina, and trails is only 10 miles away. Pella is a great family town and a popular tourist stop. Learn more at pella.org.
For further information, please see the event Agenda for specific times. If you have questions or comments, please ask!
GPSL Groups.io
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APRS Setup
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 17, 2019 | 22:39 pmHi guys!I’ve been out of the loop for a while … I hope someone notices… LOLI’m trying to set up a TinyTrack3Plus with a Baofeng UV-3R but I’m not having much success.I can see the red light coming on indicating[…]
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Re: New bumper sticker
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 15, 2019 | 22:25 pmLike it.
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Re: New bumper sticker
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 15, 2019 | 22:04 pmMaybe change it to "Keeping your head above the clouds since 1987". -Bill WB8ELKOn Feb 14, 2019, at 9:29 PM, L. Paul Verhage KD4STH
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New bumper sticker
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 15, 2019 | 03:29 amI came up with a new ARHAB bumper sticker idea during dinner at Blaze Pizza.
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Re: Bill you missed out on a business opportunity
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 14, 2019 | 12:02 pmBill, Thank you for the write up. Enthralling read!SteveAE8AT
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Re: Bill you missed out on a business opportunity
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 14, 2019 | 03:52 amThanks for writing this. I feel that many of the "new space" people are more caught up with cool than needed.Jayant
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Re: Bill you missed out on a business opportunity
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 14, 2019 | 03:19 amAs often is the case, the pioneers in technology are too far in advance of demand. All I see here is a small rocket launched from a not-very-high hot air balloon. I do wish them success and hopefully they have[…]
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Bill you missed out on a business opportunity
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 14, 2019 | 00:02 amhttps://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q1/successful-launch-of-rocket-from-high-altitude-balloon-makes-space-more-accessible-to-microsatellites.htmlZack
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Cold air
Great Plains Super Launch Feb 1, 2019 | 04:53 amWith the super cold temps we have had here the past two days It was 30 below this morning. 60+ below wind chill. But anyway the 30 below got me to wonder what the temps aloft were like and was[…]
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Re: Updates to KML Log Konverter
Great Plains Super Launch Jan 26, 2019 | 02:05 amHi Zach, Thanks for posting, i had been planning on using some time this winter to get together some videos on past flights. I didn't konw of Konverter, but i'll give the tool a try, it should help me speed[…]
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