University of North Dakota High Altitude Balloon Project
Suppliers:
Balloons:
Kaymont meteorological balloons
Kaysam meteorological balloons
Helium:
Airgas gas and welding supplies
Praxair gas and welding supplise
Microcontrollers:
Parallax (Stamp chips)
Rabbit Semiconductor
Other Balloon Sites:
Ralph Wallio (W0RPK)'s balloon site
Launch info clearinghouse, flight records, lots more.
AMSAT & High Altitude Balloons
FAA FAR part 101 (federal regulations governing unmanned balloons, etc).
Helium balloons for SFPA (photography)
Balloon lift calculation
NASA Ultra-Long-Duration Balloon program
Near Space Sciences
HABET
Kansas Near Space Project
High Altitude Balloon Launch Information Center
Edge of Space Sciences, Inc.
Other balloon links (NASA)
WB8ELK's balloon (and other) links
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program
SimSat
SimSat's links page
WindTrax
Balloon FAQ (N9LTD)
Vernon Balloon eXperiments
Minnesota High-Alt. Amateur Radio Balloon Project
Weather and balloon flight related:
Upper air soundings
Unisys upper air forecasts
Windows Balloon Tracking Software
Intellicast.com
Accuweather.com
National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network
Weather.com (The Weather Channel)
Weathertools.com (weather stations, etc)
Weatherinstrumentmart.com (more weather stations, instruments, etc)
Spaceweather.com
Federal Meteorological Handbook #3
Electronics, Radio, Etc.:
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
Parallax Incorporated
Digikey
Parachute and parafoil recovery pages:
Parachute design (model rocketry)
Butler Parachute Systems
JP Aerospace (rockoons)
High-Altitude Parafoil Capsule Recovery System (HAPCRS)
Guided Parafoil Aerial Delivery System
MMIST Guided Parachute Delivery Solutions
NASA SpaceWedge
NASA X-38
High Power Model Rocketry:
North Dakota High Power Rocket Group
Back
.