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PFW 2024

Eclipse Balloon Launch Statistics

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Launch Location: Purdue University, Fort Wayne 4/8/24 at 2:22pm

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Highest Peak Point: 88,033 ft.

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Fastest Speed: 1.880m/s (meters per second)

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Pop Location: In Sandusky Bay

(Lat: 41 28’ 12.36 W Long: 82 57’ 52.56 N)

at 4:50pm

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Highest Temperature: 96.3 F

Lowest Temperature: -63.8 F

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Landing Location: In the middle of Lake Erie near Lorain, OH

(Lat:41 32’ 24.00 W Lon: 82 12’ 10.80 N)

at 5:36 pm

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Fun Fact: We lost transmission of the balloon for 2 whole minutes during the solar eclipse during totality over Bowling Green, OH