#stratospheric — Public Fediverse posts

Villagers in Bidar, Karnataka, India, were surprised by the sudden land of a stratospheric balloon amidst homes.

The device aimed to study the earth's magnetic field, was launched on Friday, January 17th from TIFR's National Balloon Facility in Hyderabad.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/karnataka/karnataka-scientific-payload-attached-to-balloon-lands-in-tata-bidar-causes-panic-tifr-watch-2025-01-18-971910

#TIFR #Hyderabad #Geomagnetism #Balloon #Stratospheric #Research #Science #Technology #Karnataka #Hyderabad

Just updated on #StratoCat important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred in #January

- First balloon flight from England to France over the English Channel
- First Air Voyage in America by Jean Pierre #Blanchard
- Start of the #GENETRIX spy balloon launches towards the USSR
- First evidence of #Positrons in primary Cosmic Rays
- #ECHO II balloon-satellite launch
- First flight of a big #stratospheric #balloon in #Antarctica

...and much more

https://stratocat.com.ar/otd/indexe.html