Tuesday 1 July 2008

Balloon Ascent 01.07.08

-Balloon was launched at 1136z(or 12.36pm normal time)
-It went up for 1hr 57mins 40sec befor it burst
It reached a max height of 35,953mtrs
-The coldest temperature was -60.1C at 11,898 mtrs
- The highest wind occurred at 11,898 mtrs of 33.1mtrs per second ( or about 20mph).
 The wind can be much more than this sometimes - a fairly calm day up in the atmosphere!
-The Balloon went up at 5.1 mtrs per second



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