Away 34   100,912 feet!        

           

          

Saturday, October 6, 2007, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

Away 34 was a single balloon platform. It purpose was to test equipment for the Tandem airship.
The Tandem will fly later this year.  Away 34 also carried 112 PongSat student experiments.

The team arrived in at the launch site at 4:20am. It was pitch black and freezeing when setup started.
Antenna assemble, mission control and vehicle prep hummed smoothly and Away 34 lifted off at 8:00am.

   
                   Antennas                                        Balloon Launch Bags                               Mission Control

     
Away 34: middle, MicroTandem: right.       Ed with the tear lines.                   Kevin adjusting the antennas.

   

The Launch

   

 
 
      

   

 
  Team JPA

There are always a few adventures in our travels.

     

As soon as Away 34 lifted off the team shifted game plans and started getting ready to fly MicroTandem.

 

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