LEIF 2012: The Geocache From Space

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On 23 JUNE 2012, geocacher E6C sent LEIF, a geocache, up in to near-space, tracked it and recovered it.

LEIF went approximately 20 miles high and went 42 miles east.
The total flight time was: 1 hour, 46 minutes and 58 seconds.
The ascending time was 57 minutes and 20 seconds (21mph).
The descending time was 49 minutes and 38 seconds (24mph).

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