Great Plains Super Launch
GPSL is the premier balloon gathering for high altitude enthusiasts from around the world. Each year GPSL is located in or around the Midwest and draws hobbyists and professionals from dozens of states, and as far away as England.
The Great Plains Super Launch returns to the Midwest in 2019. The Super Launch will be held on Friday/Saturday June 14 and 15, 2019 in Pella Iowa. For those that would like to arrive Wednesday evening, Pella Explores Near Space (PENS) will be hosting Thursday group tours of area places of interest. In addition, spouse/family activities will be available on Friday.
Pella is a historic town, originally founded by Dutch settlers. We are located 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, IA. Iowa's largest lake with a beach, marina, and trails is only 10 miles away. Pella is a great family town and a popular tourist stop. Learn more at pella.org.
For further information, please see the event Agenda for specific times. If you have questions or comments, please ask!
GPSL Groups.io
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Re: ublox max 7
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 20, 2019 | 21:01 pmTnx for the infonick nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational SchoolDisagree I Learn
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Re: ublox max 7
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 20, 2019 | 20:32 pmYou have to set the MAX-7Q up for Airborne mode to make it work and it will fail at 40,000 feet if you don't. - Bill WB8ELK Here is how I do it: ============================================ unsigned char setNav[] = { […]
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ublox max 7
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 20, 2019 | 20:08 pmThe sat team and the University of Louisiana wants to fly a Ublox max7 and would like to know the string to send to make it work > 18,000 meters nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and[…]
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Re: GPSL 2020 dates
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 19:07 pmI'm working through him and his wife Kendra for the UNO portion of GPSL 2020. Paul and I had a great launch with them at the Nebraska Star Party last year.- Mark
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Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 18:59 pmI agree with Bill about cooperating with the school HAB program. Nebraska has a very active program through Michael Sibbernsen and NASA Space Grant Nebraska.
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Re: GPSL 2020 dates
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 16:51 pmSounds like it would be a plus to be concurrent with the K-12 UNO event in July. I do a lot of outreach flights with K-12 students lately concentrating on 5th and 6th grades. I would welcome K-12 educators and[…]
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Re: GPSL 2020 dates
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 16:45 pmMark. Although i can attend either date my strong preference is for the July date due to FD conflicts. I try to launch a balloon from local FD clubs each year. -Bill WB8ELK
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Re: GPSL 2020 dates
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 16:05 pmMark:I plan on attending GPSL 2020, enjoy the event and not that long of a drive for me. I would agree that having it Field Day weekend would not be ideal. We would need to alter the time of launch till[…]
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Re: GPSL 2020 dates
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 15:45 pmThanks everyone for the feedback provided so far. It appears either weekend will work for the UNO venue. If we do it in July, we will be concurrent with a K-12 HAB forum UNO is planning, but that will not[…]
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Re: ARHAB launched at World Scout Jamboree crosses Atlantic
Great Plains Super Launch Aug 9, 2019 | 15:16 pmKeith,I have no connection with any field day work. I only use amateur radio for the APRS tracking of the high altitude balloon, and on very rare occasions vehicle-to-vehicle communications during recovery activities.However, I know that many operators are very[…]
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