This photo is of last year’s high-altitude balloon launch by Physics students Adam Limber and Scott Sternig.

The Physics department’s second high altidude (HAL) mission is scheduled for May 2. The launch start around 9am in Clinton and the flight is expected to last about one hour, 45 minutes before touching down somewhere in the Lac du Bois Grasslands Provincial Park.

Called TRU-BLU-2, the project is that of Physics students Jerin Roberts and Spencer Dahliwal and being supervised by Physics professor Mark Paetkau.

To follow the great adventure, go to www.aprs.fi and type in the call letters VE7APF-1, VE7APF-10 in the search field located at the top right of the page called “Track callsign”.

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READ a recap of last year’s project.
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MORE INFORMATION
Mark Paetkau
Tel: 250-828-5453
Email: mpaetkau@tru.ca
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