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Party Balloon Carrying Ham Radio Payload Circles Southern Hemisphere a Second Time

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Start date Jul 22, 2015

ARRL

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Jul 22, 2015

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, before descending into the Indian Ocean on July 18 due to bad weather. The helium balloon and its solar-powered 25 mW payload were launched on May 23 by Andy Nguyen, VK3YT.

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Party Balloon Carrying Ham Radio Payload Circles Southern Hemisphere a Second Time

ARRL

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