PS-14 MEL-SYD-SOUTH PACIFIC

PS-14 is planned to be released on Sunday 27 July 2014 from Melbourne.
Expected path is MEL-SYDNEY then the Pacific.

Solar powered party balloon, 10mW TX
APRS on 145.175Mhz, callsign: VK3YT-11

OLIVIA 8/250 with RSID on 434.650Mhz, tracked as PS on spacenear.us

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Update #1 Dawn release (7am)

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Update #2

That was a quick trip, the balloon went out of range at 4:11pm this afternoon, 240km east of Newcastle:

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