ARLA/CLUSTER: KI7CSK-11 - Jovens irmãs americanas lançam o seu segundo balão com equipamento de amador de APRS

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Sisters launch 2nd craft to near-space

Seattle sisters aged 11 & 9 launched their second craft, carrying an
amateur radio APRS transmitter KI7CSK-11, into near-space

Rebecca and Kimberly Yeung first launched their homemade balloon
“spacecraft” last September. The feat got them invited to the annual
White House Science Fair.

Last weekend they conducted their second launch, this time near the
town of George.

Their balloon reached a new height - more than 100,000 feet into the
sky. The young scientists say they measured temperature changes as the
craft entered different parts of the atmosphere and tracked the sun's
UV waves.

The craft carried a LEGO "R2D2" action figure from "Star Wars: The
Force Awakens,” along with a picture of Loki, the sisters' cat.

Read the full story at
http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle-sisters-launch-second-craft-into-space/284830111

KI7CSK-11 APRS track
http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=15&call=a%2FKI7CSK-11&timerange=3600&tail=3600