EDGAR1 - the SPOT Balloon - Launched and retrieved
From Roger Meike’s Blog
So we launched our SPOT controlled weather balloon, EDGAR1, yesterday. It was really a lot of fun. Here is my account of the day.
This project was started about two weeks ago by our extraordinary intern, Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux. Working in the evening and on weekends he and other Sun Labs researchers designed and executed a plan to put a Sun SPOT in near space. A weather balloon would carry aloft a payload including radios, GPSs, various sensors and of course a Sun SPOT for control. It should rise into the air some 10 - 15 miles and then gently parachute to safety where we would gather up our gadgets and analyze the data. Sounds like fun!
More here.
