The image featured at the top of the page was taken by CAPSAT-1A from an altitude of 98,340ft.
Missouri Wing, Civil Air Patrol, has embarked on a project to launch Simulated Satellite payloads (SimSats) into Near Space, at or above 100,000 feet using High Altitude Balloons as the launch vehicle.
This is an Aerospace Education program that will allow enable participants to gain knowledge in a wide variety of fields, such Amateur Radio, weather, space science, engineering, program management, telemetry systems, experiment design, cosmic ray studies, atmospheric studys and more.
Our goal is provide education opportunities and monthly launch, tracking and recovery services for Amateur Radio Groups, High Schools, Community colleges, Technical Schools, CAP Squadrons and other interested groups.
