Pegasus flight over 100000 ft photographs earth

[sandgar1001]

And thats how people find UFOs

[759roadrunner]

Fantastic ! Gratulation !

[metalweenis]

The pictures indicate the ballon was about 100,000 feet.

[ProjectPegasus2009]

For a little piece of trivia. The Salt Flats are so flat that it actually reviels the curvature of the earth. So you don't have to be up very high to see that. Also from our fort collins flight, at the balloon appex, the balloon can see Nevada to the west and Kansas to the East. What a great view from up there.

[evnwood]

How far up does  on have to be to see the curvature of the Earth? Because at your height everything still looks flat.

[SKYSURVEYOR]

Great !

+1 !

BLV

[gymkhanadog]

@ProjectPegasus2009 How were you guys able to measure that it reached 100,000 feet with the 60k GPS ceiling for civilian units? That's one huge holdback to my project right now is trying to track where the heck the thing goes.

I know there are some very specialized GPS units you can get, and even some that you can sometimes hack around the limit with firmware edits.

[ProjectPegasus2009]

@gymkhanadog More and more there are the GPS units that don't restrict at the 60,000 level. We have found using thes to be very helpful in not only seeing how high they went, but tracking them throughout the entire flight.

[thunderbolt997]

it over 9000!!!!

[skimowhite586]

you should of just put a gopro there

[169Phoenix]

I doubt its 100k feet!! NO WAY the balloon can withstand such a high altitude without popping

[gymkhanadog]

@169Phoenix Popping has nothing to do with altitude. It has everything to do with UV deteriorating the latex, or the helium over-expanding the balloon to a point where it bursts.

Check out stratosphere balloons. They typically cruise at and exceed 100,000 feet! It's insane!

My goal once I am able to start flying balloons is 120-140k. Lofty goals, but I know it's doable. ;)

[vSynZero]

@gymkhanadog Helium expands as pressure decreases and pressure is affected by altitude.

[TheNewy1234]

how far away from point of start did it go 10 miles or more ?

[ProjectPegasus2009]

@TheNewy1234 The balloons can travel hundreds of miles, mostly due to time the spend in the jet stream. However, 100 miles is the norm.

[spasydave]

um, how did you get the camera back down to show us these?

[herbal1971]

Shame you didn't take video. Still great, though.

[Blackberrypipe]

How much does it cost to send such balloon at that height..? what was the temperature and pressure up there? and how much actually does the Helium cost?

[ProjectPegasus2009]

@Blackberrypipe The balloon is about 100 dollars and the helium is about 100 dollars. The presure acutally reduces which is why the balloon grows to about 30 or 40 feet in diameter right before it pops.

[marvchomer]

Awesome job!

[cowbellpeaceprize]

This is just awesome. Congratulations on such wonderful photos!

[CaptainFelixTan1]

it must be so (less dense) that two people have to hold it and it rised quite fast! GREAT VIDEO!

[mauriciobravo07]

Did you have to ask any permission to governmental agencies?

[Blackberrypipe]

@mauriciobravo07 good question.

[ProjectPegasus2009]

As you can see in the video, we launched it from Fort Collins, Colorado and we assembled all the parts for the flight on our own.

[bigtexas521]

@ProjectPegasus2009 no way, i live there, sweet

[elyksesom]

where did you launch it? and where did you buy it

[Scorpian472]

They should have put a live camera on and let it free fall from the max altitude

[ProjectPegasus2009]

We did this on request of a French artist and it came out very good. You can check our website for these details. We don't have the video with us since the copyright for the same is with the artist...

[FantasticBob7000]

@ProjectPegasus2009 Hey I looked for your site on google sites and couldn't find it. Is it still up? You should post your other stuff on youtube.

[MusicBent]

@Scorpian472 Did someone say live video?

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[speedkills9211]

Trimble GPS receivers...you can get them unlocked to work above the dreaded 60,000 ft. I have used them above 120,000

[bigbirdcrap]

how did you guys figure out the maximum altitude of 108,235 feet?

[ProjectPegasus2009]

@bigbirdcrap You can visit our new website and go to Project Pegasus II section. We have detailed the formula used to calculate the altitude, which is courtesy Univ. of Georgia.

[Youmakemefart]

cool!

[Blink180stu]

at 0:45 damnit I forgot to turn the thing on

[lordilujah]

wow 

[pietrovaldes]

I´m surprized 50 for those 3 hour and 50 min flight to 100.000 ft thats record breaking at least isn´t it

Great job guys you surprized me

[ProjectPegasus2009]

The cell phone we used had a caching capability which allowed it to store the data while the cell phone coverage was not available and re-transmit it to the server when it cam back in the range. The SPOT just works all the way till 65K feet.

[Zoidberg227]

@ProjectPegasus2009 I think I read somewhere that GPS chips go out at around 65k feet ... so you experienced this with your SPOT? I'm in the early early stages of planning a flight, and I'd like to use my SPOT, but I'd also like to have tracking all the way.

Nice flight by the way!

[YouReadMyMind]

Was wondering how the cell phone along with SPOT worked?

[ProjectPegasus2009]

@YouReadMyMind

You can visit our new website. We have detailed the formula used to calculate the altitude, which is courtesy Univ. of Georgia.

[ProjectPegasus2009]

The cell phone works upto 18K feet and then stops talking to the server but still continues to cache the GPS data. The SPO works upto 60K feet and then stops above it and restarts once the balloon descends below 60K feet,

[YouReadMyMind]

Awsome job! Curious to know what kind of baloon you used?

Thx

[ProjectPegasus2009]

1500 gm latex material sounding balloon

[simonnava]

Nice job! go to our profile to see STRATOS I being launched in South Florida! As you know Florida is surrounded by ocean water. It was truly a challenge. You can go to my profile or type STRATOS BALLOON on You Tube.

Enjoy!

[wyenotnews]

Brilliant!

[ProjectPegasus2009]

The parachute was contained within the balloon, so when the ballon burst the parachute opened up and returned the payload in a slow and controlled rate with the use of the parachute.

[ProjectPegasus2009]

The balloon bursts on its own owing to increasing helium pressure and the payload landed back on earth.

[Indubitabil02]

Did it have a parachute or did it just fall to Earth? Awesome thing you are doing btw