Launch and Track



ASSEMBLY



Stratospheric flight lines are attached to a small parachute and a payload. It also attaches the parachute to the balloon. A camera is installed in as one of the payload and the whole unit , including the balloon , is hoisted up.





Lets see the launch of the balloon through a Whimsical animation






TRACKING


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Apart from SPOT other trackers can be used to detect the location of balloon.Examples are APRS(Automatic Packet Reporting System), RDF(Radio Dirction Finder), Radioteletype(RTTY), PSK-31(Phase Shift Keying-31 Baud).


Morsecode

Data collected by the balloon is encrypted using morsecode



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