Omaha Nebraska
Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
Coming Summer 2020!!
Thursday July 9 through Saturday July 11, 2020
About the Event
Great Plains Super Launch is the premier high altitude ballooning event in North America. Started in 2001 by Paul Verhage, this annual event is now in its 19th year. Hosted in various locations around the midwest, GPSL attacts the brightest and most innovative amateur balloonist from the US and abroad.
2020 Symposium Venue
6005 University Dr N
Omaha, NE 68182
Dates
Thursday-Saturday, July 9-11, 2020
Event Schedules
Thursday July 9, 2020
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Local Tour
Venue
To Be Decided
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday Nigh Dinner
Venue
To Be Decided
Friday July 10, 2020
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Balloon Symposium
Venue
Rosken's Hall
University of Nebraska, Omaha
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday Night Dinner
Venue
To Be Decided
Saturday July 11, 2020
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Balloon Launch
Venue
To Be Decided
Event Registration
GPSL attendees are required to pre-register and pre-pay. Additionally, groups or individuals who are flying balloons during the Saturday mass launch are required to register their payloads.
Event registration will be opening soon. Please check back later.
GPSL Groups.io Reflector
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Re: GPSL 2020 will be virtual
Great Plains Super Launch May 24, 2020 | 19:19 pmHappy Memorial Day everyone, Turns out our EOSS Club Treasurer has an Enterprise Version of ZOOM which has much higher limits and advanced features he is willing to share for GPSL. More Detail to come from Rob N0RPF roblights@... Stand by for[…]
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Re: GPSL 2020 will be virtual
Great Plains Super Launch May 23, 2020 | 20:44 pmIf we think there will be more than that attending we can all chip in for a large meeting add on for a month at $65. That would raise the limit to 500Jerry GableBalloon Flight Prediction tools http://www.s3research.com
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Re: GPSL 2020 will be virtual
Great Plains Super Launch May 23, 2020 | 19:40 pmMark, I have a ZOOM Pro account which can host up to 100 participants for meetings up to 24 hours long.I can also record, but would record to a file on my PC which could then be shared via DropBox. ZOOM recording[…]
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GPSL
Great Plains Super Launch May 23, 2020 | 13:44 pmI have a Zoom account and am happy to have it used by GPSL. Keith, WA0̷TJT
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Re: GPSL 2020 update
Great Plains Super Launch May 22, 2020 | 22:48 pmOne other thought I had this afternoon is the virtual conferences that I've been doing through work lately have the main presentation pre recorded, then they just broadcast that at the prescribed time, and have a short live Q&A at[…]
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Re: GPSL 2020 update
Great Plains Super Launch May 22, 2020 | 22:16 pmHi Mark, That sounds great. There is a way to have Zoom meetings do a recording and upload to YouTube. W5KUB does this for his weekly online program. He was using Skype but has recently converted to Zoom and[…]
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GPSL 2020 update
Great Plains Super Launch May 22, 2020 | 21:13 pm
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Thanks to everyone who has offered to support our virtual GPSL in some fashion. It looks like we have a few solutions for Google Meet or Zoom that if they pan out, we can have 100+ logged in and won't[…] -
Re: GPSL 2020 will be virtual
Great Plains Super Launch May 22, 2020 | 18:07 pmHi Mark, I think the cost of the extended Zoom is not too much for a one month subscription and there is a 40-minute limit for the free version...or a one-year one that we can use for virtual balloon[…]
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Re: GPSL 2020 will be virtual
Great Plains Super Launch May 22, 2020 | 05:36 amI will present, I just need to find a topic.I am also interested in traveling somewhere to get help launching my 200th balloon. Can I visit with someone?Thanks Mark for getting GPSL 2020 rolling. It's a shame Covid-19 got in[…]
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GPSL 2020 will be virtual
Great Plains Super Launch May 22, 2020 | 03:06 am
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I received word today from my contact at the University of Nebraska-Omaha that they will not be able to host us for this year's GPSL event. While Nebraska has already lifted some gathering restrictions and will lift additional ones on[…]