| Re: [GMCnet] This thing was near my house today [message #319491 is a reply to message #319471] |
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Ken Burton
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Ken Henderson wrote on Thu, 22 June 2017 20:12Tracking the winds aloft associated with the big storm in the S., huh?
Ken H.
I did some more checking and they periodically launch these. This one had two transmitters and two call signs on it. One belongs to the Adler Planetarium and the other belongs to a PhD at the University of Chicago. They launch these things and at about 70,000 feet or so explode the balloon so it comes down again. Then they run out and retrieve it. Had I noticed it sooner, I would have run over to the landing / recovery site to find out what they are doing. I sent a note to the Phd. at the University of Chicago with a bunch of questions.
Winds aloft all right. That is a heck of a lot higher than either I have ever been.
I wonder if an SR-71 can go that high.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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