Daniel Fischer
The trajectories of two #stratosphere balloons launched within 1/2 hour from a school in Bochum, Germany (lower left), today: at first they took quite similar paths, including a sharp turn, then they decided to make mosre turns but at different times. Both are on the ground now, no word yet from the recovery teams.
Jul 6 at 2:08pmWeb
Show threadDaniel FischerJul 6
Some impressions from the double #stratosphere balloon launch in Bochum, Germany, today - more pictures in the album https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=dan.fischer.393&set=a.10230589908466338
Show threadDaniel FischerJul 6
Both #stratosphere balloons launched today in Bochum, Germany, could be recovered quickly (one from a tree, the other from a field) and the storage cards are in good shape, with 50 GBytes of data including e.g. hi-res video of the explosion of one of the balloons. Stay tuned ...
Show threadAlibeeJul 6
@cosmos4u i live where the left Balloon landed. I am on my way. 😎
Show threadAlexander KnochelJul 6

@cosmos4u Wow a striking difference, I guess the balloon which landed east hat a somewhat slower rate of ascent.

Any word why the launched two of them back-to-back? Was this part of some experimental protocoll?

Show threadDaniel FischerJul 6
@Quantensalat AFAIK they got enough He from a sponsore so they could launch two different payloads. Also the balloon sizes differed.
Show threadAlibeeJul 6
@cosmos4u is the supposed landingspot were the black box is? Or is it the last red dot?
Show threadDaniel FischerJul 6
@alibee The final GPS positions sent from the payload that landed in Altenberge - presumably it has already been recovered (the launch was 6 hours ago).
Show threadAlibeeJul 6
@cosmos4u Thank you. Yes, most likely. I just drove by there. That's exactly where there's a Schützenfest (Beer fest) right now.
Show threadtrusty falxter 🧠Jul 6
@alibee @cosmos4u
They didn't, did they?
🔫💨🎈
Show threadAlibeeJul 6
@flxtr @cosmos4u well… 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 there is a lot of Beer involved, too.