This past weekend on March 8, Stanford students in partnership with Statrofox and NASA Ames launched two high altitude balloon missions from the California's central valley.  They launched from Galt, CA, landed near Merced.  Payloads included advanced imaging systems (by Elphel), student PearlSats from Louisiana, a solar sail prototype, and tracking systems. Mission multimedia: Launch/Chase photos

Students launched their third BioLaunch mission, B07C.  The balloon was launched on 09 June 2007 at 10:53 AM near Galt, CA.  The payloads were successfully recovered by Stratofox and Stanford chase teams.  Flight data is under analysis.  Here is media from/during the launch: On board photos. Launch photos.

BioLaunch B07C, our third balloon, is schedule for launch on 09 June 2007.  We are planning to launch from Casa De Fruta on 152 south of the Bay Area.  We will be flying upgraded versions of the B07A payloads, a spectrometer and Katysat prototype. A B07B launch picture is shown on the right.

Come Monday night, June 4, at 6pm in Durand 450 to learn about summer project opportunities at SSDL.  Pizza will be served, and Mike will do his Mr. T impersonation.  Projects will be discussed, include: Solar sailing nanosatellites Inflatable satellite booms Deployable high gain antennas Software defined radios (both ground and space) High altitude balloon launches Cubesat satellite development Receive AA290 or AA236D credit Check out the flyer!