A weather balloon, also known as a sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments to the stratosphere...

dissimilar from those of a typical weather balloon. American officials later disclosed that they had been tracking the balloon since it was launched from Hainan...

a balloon named BS 13-08 reached a record altitude of 53.7 km (33.4 mi; 176,000 ft). The most common type of high-altitude balloons are weather balloons...

the horizontal and vertical angles of special weather balloons called ceiling balloons or pilot balloons (pibal). Early attempts at this were made in the...

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purpose and source of the crashed balloon, the Army subsequently stated that it was a conventional weather balloon. In 1978, retired Air Force officer...

Synonyms include espionage balloon, reconnaissance balloon, spy balloon, and surveillance balloon. Historically, observation balloons were filled with hydrogen...

solar balloon is a balloon that gains buoyancy when the air inside is heated by solar radiation, usually with the help of black or dark balloon material...

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Each balloon relayed wind and atmospheric conditions for 46 hours of a possible 60-hour electric battery power budget. Toy balloon Weather balloon Gordon...

battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere usually by a weather balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters and transmits them by...

The Balloon Boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, when a homemade helium-filled gas balloon shaped to resemble a silver flying saucer was released into...

or weather balloons (as opposed to potential threats). VanHerck said that the U.S. adjustments to radar monitoring in 2023, after the Chinese balloon intrusion...

supposed "flying disc" debris was later identified as pieces of a weather balloon. The incident was largely forgotten until 1978, when Marcel, then a...

homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,900 m), drifted...

inflating the balloon is not wearing goggles or hearing protectors then eye or ear damage can result. Weather balloon Observation balloon Timeline of hydrogen...

Australian newspaper The Age described it at the time as a weather balloon: "Object Perhaps Balloon – An unidentified flying object seen over the Clayton-Moorabbin...

attributed the event to a case of "war nerves" triggered by a lost weather balloon and exacerbated by stray flares and shell bursts from adjoining batteries...

resulting in the planet starting to warm up again; Snowpiercer launches a weather balloon into the upper atmosphere that confirms this theory. Layton and Melanie...

is traditionally used to determine the station's climate. Mesomeric Weather balloon Wireless sensor network Jacobson, Mark Z. (June 2005). Fundamentals...

In aeronautics, a balloon is an unpowered aerostat, which remains aloft or floats due to its buoyancy. A balloon may be free, moving with the wind, or...

Paramount News used 32 weather balloons for a feature photography assignment near Old Orchard Beach in Maine. Suspended from the balloons by a parachute harness...

The technology is used for communication systems such as telemetry, weather balloon radiosondes, caller ID, garage door openers, and low frequency radio...

total stations to track weather balloons for determining upper-level winds. With the average ascent rate of the weather balloon known or assumed, the change...

surface weather observation, as in "winds aloft". altimeter A scientific instrument used to measure the altitude of an object (e.g. a weather balloon) with...

out most earthly explanations, such as a small plane, gas, blimp, weather balloon, satellite, shooting star, military aircraft or debris. In 2019, on...

research may be conducted from a research balloon. Weather balloons are a type of research balloon. Research balloons usually study a single aspect of science...

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surface. The winds were then called the Krakatau easterlies. In 1908, data balloons launched above Lake Victoria in Africa recorded westerly winds in the stratospheric...

the USAF was that the Gorman dogfight had been caused by a lighted weather balloon. Although he was only 25 years old when the incident occurred, George...