As many of you have probably read, the ISEE-3 Reboot Project was able to successfully send uplink commands to the space craft. This was accomplished through a lot of team work and generous support from the community at large. Balint … Continue reading
The California Near Space project, with the help of several engineers including John Malsbury, Johnathan Corgan, and Ian Kluft, is developing an open source payload design. The objective of this design is to enable new balloon developers with an end-to-end framework with the following capabilities: Global Position and Status Reporting with Iridium Communications Two-Way Communications, […] Continue reading
Perhaps you’ve been reading some of my recent, and not so recent (January 2013) posts about Iridium. Am I beginning to sound like a broken record? Well, my excuse is that I am finally getting around to helping the California … Continue reading
I’ve recently gotten involved with the California Near Space Project, a non-profit organization started by Ron Meadows and several other individuals. They are most well known-for their highly successful trans-continental and trans-Atlantic flights with latex balloons. Here’s a video of … Continue reading