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OLHZN-22: Launching a weather balloon during the 2024 total solar eclipse

By |2024-05-16T09:54:32-04:00April 8th, 2024|Categories: Our Flights, Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

OLHZN-22 was the twenty second high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon. This flight launched on April 8, 2024 into the path of totality during the 2024 total solar eclipse in Canandaigua, NY. This flight was our second eclipse flight, and the third flight attempt for our new live video transmission system to obtain and view live video from an on-board camera while the balloon and payload was in-flight.

OLHZN-19: Improving live video from a high altitude weather balloon

By |2021-03-12T17:29:45-05:00August 2nd, 2019|Categories: Our Flights, Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , |

OLHZN-19 was the nineteenth high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons.  This flight is launched on August 2, 2019 at 8:30am EDT (12:30UTC) from Farmington, NY. This flight was the second flight attempt for our new live video transmission system to obtain and view live video from an on-board camera [...]

OLHZN-18: Receiving live video from a high altitude weather balloon

By |2021-03-12T17:11:46-05:00July 25th, 2019|Categories: Our Flights, Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , , |

OLHZN-18 was the eighteenth high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons. This flight launched on July 25, 2019 at 10:00am EDT from the Canandaigua, NY area. This flight debuted our new live video transmission system to obtain and view live video from an on-board camera while the balloon and payload was in-flight. This new video was also featured in our live launch-day broadcasts so viewers could see and follow along with the flight live.

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