High-Altitude Balloon Flight to Carry APRS and Crossband Repeater

Arizona Near Space Research plans to launch a high-altitude balloon flight, ANSR-81/ASCEND!-17, on March 29, 2014 at 0900 MST (1600 UTC). The flight from the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center (DM43ab) will be the 17th in a series of ASCEND! flights sponsored by the Arizona Space Grant Consortium.

The payloads will contain a variety of scientific apparatus designed and construct…

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