[OZAPRS] PICO balloon heading towards VK7

[Andy Nguyen]

Hi Todd,

It appears that the balloon went down over night, possibly because of weather, ie. MIA :)

Regards
Andy

On 25 Aug 2014, at 10:21 pm, Todd Hampson <todd at hampson.net.au> wrote:

> Hi Andy .. Any ideas what happened ... lost at sea or heading for Antarctica possibly ? IM guessing it didnt head close to Hobart or it would have been picked up by the Digi's there ?
> 
> -todd-
> VK2HAB
> On 24/08/2014 1:47 PM, Andy Nguyen wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> FYI,
>> 
>> PS-18 PICO balloon is in the air, heading towards VK7.
>> 
>> Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX
>> 
>> APRS on 145.175Mhz, callsign VK3YT-12
>> http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=9&call=a%2FVK3YT-12
>> 
>> Olivia 8/250 on 434.650Mhz, tracked on SNUS as PS.
>> http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=PS
>> 
>> Prediction shows the balloon will loop over Tas, VIC and NSW in the next few days.
>> http://picospace.net
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Andy
>> 
>> 
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