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07/22/2015 | Party Balloon Carrying Ham Radio Payload Circles Southern Hemisphere a Second Time

After travelling for more than 110,800 km (68,696 mi) aloft, the record-setting pico balloon PS-46, carrying an Amateur Radio payload, completed its second circumnavigation of the Southern Hemisphere.
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01/20/2015 | Australian “Pico Balloon” Piques Ham Radio Interest

A foil “party balloon” released in late December from Melbourne, Australia, carrying an HF Amateur Radio payload, ended its journey on January 16 off the east coast of Africa near Madagascar. Andy Nguyen, VK3YT, of Kensington, Victoria, Australia, rele...
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02/09/2012 | World Record Balloon Attempt

Texas amateurs plan to launch a balloon that will eventually reach Nanjing, China.
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12/15/2011 | Amateur Radio Balloon Flight Crosses Atlantic, Sets Records

Ron Meadows, K6RPT, and his son Lee -- leaders of the California Near Space Project -- successfully launched an Amateur Radio high altitude balloon on Sunday, December 11 at 4:43 PM PST. The balloon reached a cruise altitude between 105,000 and 115,000 fe
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11/03/2011 | Breaking the Amateur Radio Balloon Altitude Record

On October 23, a California group launched a balloon that reached 136,545 feet above ground level, a new altitude record.
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05/12/2011 | RIT Students Successfully Launch High Altitude Balloon

The Rochester Institute of Technology Amateur Radio Club, K2GXT, had a successful launch of RITCHIE-1 -- a custom high altitude balloon designed by members of K2GXT -- at the Imagine RIT Festival on May 7. According to RITARC Vice President Bryce Salmi, K
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04/29/2011 | Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Flight Aborted

The Project Blue Horizon transatlantic balloon flight aborted late Friday morning.
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04/20/2011 | Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Flight Postponed

Transatlantic balloon flight postponed to next week.
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