High altitude balloon missions... a short summary
| Mission | Launch | Altitude | Track | Notes | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test balloon | 2012-06-09 10:00 UTC | approx. 11,000 m | aprs.fi | Found 71 days after launch / no altitude readout - software bug | Balloon launch |
| SP9UOB-1 | 2012-06-23 10:00 UTC | 31567 m | google maps | Recovered by the team of Wojtek Apel / Jerzy Capi / Kornel Osmęda | Onboard camera, Capsule recovery, TVS, TVP3 |
| SP9UOB-2 | 2012-10-20 10:00 UTC | 33035 m | google maps | Batteries froze after dusk - the balloon continued towards the Black Sea / not found / Record telemetry distance / 6711 km - 10 m band | TVN 24, TVS, Filling, Launch, ITV Gliwice, RMF FM, Southgate |
| SP9UOB-3 / SPUTNIK-1 | 2012-12-29 10:00 UTC | approx. 22,000 m | google maps | GPS receiver failure; found in Slovakia by Radim Mutina / OM2AMR on top of a 30-metre spruce - unrecoverable | Searching for the sputnik in Slovakia |
| SP9UOB-4 / SPUTNIK-2 | 2013-01-27 14:00 UTC | approx. 25,000 m | google maps | The GPS receiver froze in the cosmic cold (below -51 °C). The telemetry transmitter kept working. The balloon was found 25 days later in a field near Debrecen, Hungary, by Fazekas Tamás | Balloon found! |
| SP9UOB-5 / SPUTNIK-3 | 2013-02-24 14:00 UTC | 24507 m | google maps | Found by Darek Ujma / SQ7HJL about 2 hours after landing | Balloon found! |
| SP9UOB-6 / SPUTNIK-4 | 2013-05-01 09:00 UTC | google maps | Found in Chocimów despite a transmitter failure | Balloon found! | |
| SEBA-1 | 2013-05-04 09:00 UTC | 38959 m | google maps | Found by the team of SP9IWP, SQ9CNN, SQ6ODL | Balloon found! |
| SEBA-2 | 2013-05-04 10:00 UTC | 42650 m | google maps | Found up a tree by SP9UOB and Marcin Scieslicki, then taken down by the fire brigade | Balloon found! |
| SEBA-3 | 2013-05-25 10:00 UTC | 33548 m | google maps | Launched from the ŁOŚ radio amateur meeting | balloon launch balloon launch onboard video chase video |
| SEBA-4 | Cancelled due to bad predictions | ||||
| SEBA-5 | 2013-09-28 11:00 UTC | 40932 m | Track | Altitude record attempt; GPS failure at 9049 m, then a restart over Belarus | TV Silesia |
| SEBA-6 | 2013-12-28 09:00 UTC | 38531 m | google maps | HF long duration flight, great circle distance 5791 kilometres | |
| SEBA-7 | 2014-04-12 09:00 UTC | 29668 m | google maps | Tracker test flight. Recovered by Mirek OK2BUH and Karel OK2XHK | Balloon found |
