Friday, July 03, 2020

A Loon Balloon spotted from my ADS-B reciever

I have just received a signal from a Loon Balloon which was 562Km away and at an altitude of 18Km (61,000 ft). I think this may be a new distance record!




For more info on Project Loon click here.

Update: - now over 570Km away!


Update (5.57pm) now right on 600Km away and still going!


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