1. The STX BLT Sep 2010 BVARC Meeting Andy W5ACM Kirk KK2Z

2. To The Edge of Space! 2010 is the 200 th Anniversary of the creation of the South Texas Balloon Launch Team The goal in 1810 was to create giant balloons to travel to the moon.

3. How We Inflate Balloons

4. Launch Facility

5. An Early Payload

6. How we launch them

7. How we track them

8. How we get them down

9. But Seriously… 2010 is the 20 th Anniversary of the flight of BLT-1 from Huntsville, Texas Our goal has been to fly interesting, useful and fun amateur-radio payloads to the Edge of Space In 2010 we flew BLT-26 from the Wharton Intergalactic Spaceport

10. BLT-1 2M FM Xmtr - 1990

11. BLT-1 Ground Equipment

12. BLT-1 Payload Preparation

13. Huntsville Hanger - 1990

14. Wharton 1994

15. A Favorite from BLT-6

16. The BLT-26 Payloads HSMM-MESH (Ham WiFi) Server = 2.4 GHZ 500 mW HSMM-MESH APRS GPS Downlink = 445.925 W5ACM-8 300 mW Live Main Payload Color ATV = 1255 FM 900 mW Crossband FM Repeater Uplink = 147.435 & Downlink = 446.000 APRS GPS Downlink = 440.950 W5ACM-9 250 mW Digital Camera with a picture every 15 seconds Digital Video Camera with Three Hours of On-Board Memory Remote Control System for Video Camera Selection Audio Beeper Crossband VHF/HF Repeater Uplink = 146.435 MHZ FM & Downlink = 28.636 MHz DSB 1.5W

17. BLT-26 Flight

18. BLT-26 Flight Prep

19. BLT-26 Still-Cam Images

20. In the Air!

21. Climbing…

22. Getting Cold

23. Near Peak – Coastal View

24. Coming Back to Earth

25. The Last Picture

26. BLT-26 Coming Home!