STRATXX Airship Successfully Broadcasts Digital TV & Radio over Large Area

02 X-TowerSource: prweb.com

Stratxx Holding AG has recently announced that it has launched a new tethered Airship the “X Tower”. The airship is designed to carry telecommunications and broadcast payloads.

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Lighter-Than-Air History Will Be Made at the 2014 Daytona 500

03 RGvT N3A F N2A B and support truckOn Sunday afternoon history will be made in Daytona. It will be the first time that the legendary race will be covered by two blimps. Both the Spirit of Goodyear and the Spirit of Innovation will be providing aerial TV coverage of the race. Continue reading

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Japanese website designer takes stunning high altitude balloon photography

03Source: japandailypress.com

 By: John Hofilena

Keisuke Iwaya, a 27-year-old engineering graduate from Sapporo, has taken his fascination of outer space to a different level – a higher level – by doing photography way up in the stratosphere. Continue reading

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Chippewa High Physics Students Launch Balloon with Camera into Stratosphere

01 Cardinal perchedSource: The Chippewa Herald – chippewa.com

By Elizabeth Dohms

A few years ago, Chi-Hi physics teacher Nick Gagnon watched a video of an amateur ham radio operator launching and tracking a high-altitude balloon.

He thought a project of NASA proportions that could be done for cheap would be an educational and rewarding project for the students. Continue reading

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Researcher Helps Remote Sensing Soar

01 BlimpSource: agprofessional.com

Since Maria Tattaris began working at CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) two years ago, the blimp used by the wheat physiology group in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, went from sitting in a box to being a main component of the group’s aerial remote sensing platform. Continue reading

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