Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
Coming Summer 2021!!
Dates to be decided soon...
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 will be celebrating its 20ths 19th year. Hosted in various locations around the midwest, GPSL attracts the brightest and most innovative amateur balloonists from the US and abroad.
2020 Symposium Venue
The details for the 2021 Great Plains Super Launch are still being finalized. Please check back in a few weeks for updates..
Dates
Dates are To Be Determined...
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: Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 24, 2020 | 17:30 pmBill, Ya, I plan a similar setup. I want to make a tiny 3D printed box that the balloon line passes through between parachute and balloon. The box will route the string just like Joe's setup. It will have a[…]
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Re: Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 24, 2020 | 17:25 pmJoe, That's awesome! Thanks so much for making those measurements! That'll really help with my planning. Thanks again! Mike / KD2EAT
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Re: Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 24, 2020 | 17:17 pmHi Mike, I designed a cutdown many years ago that had a CR123 battery. I supported the flight train through some ring lugs to keep it from moving (knotted the line where it went through the ring lugs. I[…]
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Re: Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 24, 2020 | 16:49 pmHello Mike!Using a FET would be pretty cool!I set up my cutdown for the current measurement. I used my DMM on the 20 A scale. When I made the connection, the DMM spiked around 5 A. After a several seconds,[…]
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Re: Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 22, 2020 | 01:53 amHey Joe, I'm planning to make a quite similar setup myself. Do you happen to know the current draw you get when that nichrome is engaged? I'm trying to see if I can fire it with a FET and maybe[…]
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Re: Surfs Up 9 Flight Report/The Selfie Mission
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 21, 2020 | 15:33 pmGreetings!I posted Selfie Mission schematics, bills of material, and source code on Github. I invite you to explore it here.Thanks!JoeChief SurferSurfing Satellites
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Re: Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 21, 2020 | 15:31 pmHello Larry!I invite you to review a cut down I made here.Joe
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Cutdown device?
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 19, 2020 | 21:53 pmI am making progress on the "Life in the Stratosphere" experiment. I am not sure I am convinced but we have decided "life" might be falling off the balloon. So we don't want to start collecting until we are free[…]
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Re: 2010 GPSL Webex recordings
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 11, 2020 | 00:43 amI'm still working on getting things updated on the Super Launch website, but all of the 2010 videos are now posted on YouTube in a Playlist. My apologies to Nick from EOSS as part of his recording was lost due to[…]
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Heartfelt Gratitude
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 9, 2020 | 17:44 pmHello GPSL Friends,This is a nice note of gratitude for Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) support for two flights Saturday, November 8, 2020 (eoss.org). This is message serves as a reminder that if you would like your balloon program to[…]
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