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Manchester Meteor High Altitude Balloon - Manchester Meteor High Altitude Balloon
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Manchester Meteor High Altitude Balloon - Manchester Meteor High Altitude Balloon
The Manchester Meteor is a high-altitude balloon and payload, created by myself and Dr Jonathan Chippindall (from primarycomputing.co.uk). The aim of this first launch was to test a low-cost design, using only off-the-shelf components, from which we could obtain HD video of near-space. Our overall budget was just over £300, which included some re-usable items such as a video camera and phone.
Our equipment broadly consisted of a latex high...
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