Technicians from the French space agency, CNES, launch the sixth driftsonde for T-PARC on the early morning of August 27 from Hawaii. The equipment includes (top to bottom) the balloon, a gondola and ballaster from CNES, and the NCAR driftsonde package, including the dropsonde sensors that descend while the balloon is airborne. (Video courtesy Terry Hock, EOL. obtained from UCAR website)
Amatuers! What was that you sent up? An ice chest? Come on over to CSBF and see how it's done right with 8000 lb payloads that go up for a month or two.
ravepuppie 3 years ago