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While HBAL712 continues to wander off the southeastern Australian coast, Aerostar launched another Thunderhead, HBAL 713, from Dangel Airfield near Hurley (SD) yesterday morning.

HBAL 712 tracking: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a26f79

HBAL 713 tracking: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a26454

Off the grid there are three more balloons: HBAL 676 and HBAL 684 over the Pacific Ocean and HBAL 711 over the Atlantic Ocean.

#Ballooning #Balloon #NearSpace #Research #Technology #Stratospheric #Aerostar

Aerostar established a new record with one of their Thunderhead balloons being aloft for 200 days and counting.

Mission HBAL676 launched on March 28 from the firm's winter Lodge in Santa Fe County, is still floating 60 kft above the Pacific Ocean.

The previous record was 156 days aloft.

https://aerostar.com/news/aerostar-thunderhead-balloon-system-achieves-200-days-of-stratospheric-flight.

#Ballooning #Balloon #NearSpace #Science #Research #Technology #Astrodon #Space #Stratospheric #Aerostar #Thunderhead

Yesterday, October 9th, Aerostar performed another launch of a Thunderhead balloon.

On a first for the company, the balloon was launched from the Beecroft Weapons Range in New South Wales, Australia.

The site is administered by the Australian Defence Force for use as a live-firing range.

Real-time tracking: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N256TH

#Ballooning #Balloon #NearSpace #Military #Research #Technology #Space #Stratospheric #Thunderhead #Aerostar #BeecroftWeaponsRange

Aerostar launched today from TCOM's Manufacturing & Flight Test Facility located in Elizabeth City (NC) a #Thunderhead balloon.

The craft with callsign #HBAL710 is floating now over the Atlantic Ocean at 60.000 ft.

This is the first time that the Sioux Falls-based firm launches from there.

Real-time tracking: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=aceb11

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Aerostar just launched a Thunderhead balloon that is moving eastbound NE of Ruidoso (NM).

According to the NOTAM issued the vehicle with callsign HBAL706 was released at 2:20 UTC from a site located 4 Nautic Miles NE of Sierra Nevada Regional Airport.

Real-time tracking: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a26454

#Ballooning #Balloon #NearSpace #Technology #Stratospheric #Thunderhead #Aerostar

The #Thunderhead balloon launched on August 4 from Baker Municipal Airport in #Oregon is part of an initiative between #NASA researchers, the U.S. Forest Service, and #Aerostar to provide persistent cell coverage from the stratosphere, enabling real-time communication between firefighters operating in West Mountain Complex fires in Idaho and command posts.

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/flight-summaries/improving-firefighter-safety-with-strato/

#Balloon #NearSpace #Technology #Communications #Stratospheric #USForestService

Impressive image of Aerostar's Thunderhead balloon HBAL643 obtained yesterday over Oologah Lake, Oklahoma, US by Damon's Droneography photographer from the Tulsa metro area.

The balloon, launched on May 26 from Cross City, Florida has been in flight so far for 40 days

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1045390310919986

#Ballooning #Balloon #NearSpace #Science #STEM #Research #Astronomy #Technology #Cosmology #Astrodon #Space #Stratospheric #Thunderhead #Aerostar #Tulsa #Oklahoma #UFO #UAP