Fwd: [BLT] FW: Balloon Launch- Feb. 11th
James Coxon
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From: <Andrew.Ma...@emerson.com>
Date: 3 February 2012 04:46
Subject: [BLT] FW: Balloon Launch- Feb. 11th
To: b...@stevens.com
Here is information on the Balloon launch that will happen on Feb.
11th at 3pm. We will have Texas Mequite Grill and Blind Justice Band
out on Feb. 11th.
Have a great weekend, cheers!
Jennifer Royo
Co-Owner/ Marketing
No Label Brewing Co.
5373 1st Street
Katy,TX 77493
(713) 898-2456
SOUTH TEXAS BALLOON LAUNCH TEAM
A. C. Spraggins, Media Coordinator
713-931-1758, w5e...@gmail.com
February 1, 2012
Houston, Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FLIGHT OF THE ORIENT EXPRESS:
The South Texas Balloon Launch Team is pleased to announce the
upcoming launch of its twenty-eighth helium filled, unmanned balloon
in twenty one years. The purpose of this flight is to establish a
world record for distance by floating a balloon from Katy, Texas to
Nanjing, China.
The balloon will be released at approximately 3 P.M. CST On Saturday,
February 11, 2012. The site of the launch is at the western end of the
No Label Brewery complex at 5373 First St., Katy Texas, near the old
rice grain silos.
The public is invited to this free event, with a special invitation to
science students and teachers. Free helium filled balloons will be
available to the first 100 students. Sorry, no pets allowed in the
balloon area.
The balloon payload package weighs only about five ounces (150 grams)
and contains a high altitude GPS tracking system and a VHF amateur
radio transmitter. To conserve weight and battery life, no camera
equipment will be on board. The maximum altitude is expected to be
above 100,000 feet, with horizontal speeds between 100 and 150 MPH.
The balloon size will increase from about five feet to about 39 feet
at maximum elevation. Recovery of the payload package is not expected.
Individuals may follow the balloon's progress on the Internet by
logging onto "http://www.aprs.fi", filling in the "track callsign"
field with "kt5tk-11", and change the "show last" to 24 hours.
The South Texas BalloonLaunch Team is composed of about twenty active
amateur radio "Ham" operators from a variety of occupations who donate
their time and expertise.
We appreciate the continued support by No Label Brewing Company for
our amateur radio projects.
The next STBLT balloon launch project is being planned for August,
2012. Information about past and current amateur radio projects may be
found at http://www.w5acm.net
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