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Solar Eclipse 2024 | High Altitude Weather Balloon Launch

By |2024-04-08T16:30:32-04:00April 8th, 2024|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime event as we livestream the launch of our weather balloon, OLHZN-22 "UmbraQuest", during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024! Set against the backdrop of the breathtaking eclipse, our balloon equipped with three cameras, including a specially designed helical antenna for live video feed, will soar into the skies [...]

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.

The Final Countdown: OLHZN-22 “UmbraQuest” Aims for the Stratosphere During the Solar Eclipse

By |2024-04-04T12:14:47-04:00April 4th, 2024|Categories: Our Flights, Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

At its core, "UmbraQuest" seeks to unravel the mysteries of the eclipse's impact on our planet's atmosphere. The phenomenon of a total solar eclipse provides a rare laboratory for scientists worldwide, offering insights into solar-terrestrial relations, atmospheric dynamics, and even insights into solar physics. Our mission contributes to this global puzzle, aiming to shed light on the transient effects of solar occlusion on atmospheric conditions.

NASA Armstrong Supports Wind Study

By |2024-04-03T12:09:22-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

A NASA flight campaign aims to enable drones to land safely on rooftop hubs called vertiports for future delivery of people and goods. The campaign may also lead to improvements in weather prediction. NASA’s AEROcAST (Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, Simulation and Technology) campaign is based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research [...]

Ham radio weather balloon radiosonde hunting!

By |2022-09-05T17:08:42-04:00September 12th, 2020|Categories: Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This was an adventure to track & recover a National Weather Service high altitude weather balloon radiosonde that was launched from Buffalo, NY. This utilized the radiosonde auto rx platform to monitor the flight positioning and locate the final flight landing location. This is what a weather balloon radiosonde recovery looks like!Discord ➡ https://discord.gg/vxnAf4THow to [...]

Top 5 Questions for a Weather Balloon Engineer

By |2020-03-26T20:22:00-04:00March 21st, 2020|Categories: Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , |

Flying weather balloons is not exactly a super popular hobby so when I run into people whether it's at a personal event or a work event or something I'm actually doing with weather balloons people like to ask a lot of questions so let's get some of those answered today!

OLHZN-21: NHL Vegas Golden Knights Highest Puck Drop Record

By |2021-03-12T17:26:20-05:00September 23rd, 2019|Categories: Our Flights, Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , , , |

OLHZN-21 was the twenty-first high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons. This flight launched on September 23, 2019 at 2:51:40pm PDT (21:51:40 UTC) from Las Vegas, NV. This flight was a top-secret collaboration project with the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights to honor the “opening knight” of their third hockey season on October 2, 2019 against the San Jose Sharks and set a new VGK Worldwide Record for the Highest Altitude Puck Drop.

OLHZN-20: Launching a YouTube Silver Play Button for Just Dustin

By |2021-03-12T17:26:11-05:00September 5th, 2019|Categories: Our Flights, Weather Balloons|Tags: , , , , , , , |

OLHZN-20 was the twentieth high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons. This flight launched on September 5, 2019 at 7:35:06am EDT (11:35:06 UTC) from Canandaigua, NY. This flight was a top-secret collaboration project with popular YouTuber, Just Dustin. Dustin contacted us in August 2019 and originally wanted to fly his YouTube Gold Play Button to the edge of space and back and film it. We discussed numerous possibilities and setups and ultimately decided, due to the massive weight of the Gold Play Button, it would be best to operate a flight with his Silver Play Button instead.

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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