22 Jul
2014
22 Jul
'14
6:57 p.m.
Regarding real LOW Earth “orbits”, G6UIM reports a Balloon launched in the UK is approaching Washington state from across Asia and the Pacific right now.
See: http://spacenear.us/tracker/ look for Balloon B-63
It is being well received by the APRS network in Canada, Washington and Oregon as it approaches Vancoover Island as shown here:
http://aprs.org/balloons/M0XER-3.jpg
That image from Lynn, author of APRSIS32.
Bob, Wb4APR