Anything that can remain in the sky for more than a few seconds -- this is the place for it.
KinnerSat I - The 1st Kinnernet Satellite (Yariv Bash, Achi Krauz and Naama Levy)
* * * If you found our balloon, let us know where it landed :-) We'd really love to know how far it got, you can keep the cool electronics ! email us to kinnernet.balloon@gmail.com * * *
What is it ?
For the 1st (that we know of) time in Israel, a high altitude helium ballon (more than 30 km) transmitting live images and it's own location !
This is the actual flight path, as was transmitted in real time from our ballooon, the part in blue is a prediction of the rest of its flight after communication was lost (due to loss of line of sight)

Balloon data was being monitored in real time at our "control station", with GPS positioning and live imagery.
The balloon traveled over 160km and reached well over 20 km in height.
We estimate it had a smooth landing in east Jordan, around 130km from the Iraqi border.


A few images from the balloon camera:




You can download the google earth KMZ file with the pictures:
http://www.bash.co.il/Kinnernet2008/FinalPath.kmz
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