Live tracking
Day125 update: 27-Jun-2019
Day115 update: 17-Jun-2019
Day109 update: 10-Jun-2019
Day103 update: 05-Jun-2019
Day99 update: 01-Jun-2019
Day96 update: 28-May-2019
Day94 update: 26-May-2019
Day91 update: 23-May-2019
Earlier updates
Launch photos
Transmitter photos
U3B25 uses callsign VE3KCL on telemetry channel 04, and was launched from Toronto on 28-Feb-2019.
Live tracking
Day 125 update: 27-Jun-2019
Day 115 update: 17-Jun-2019
Day 109 update: 10-Jun-2019
Day 103 update: 05-Jun-2019
Day 99 update: 01-Jun-2019
Day 96 update: 28-May-2019
Day 94 update: 26-May-2019
Day 91 update: 23-May-2019
Day 79 update: 12-May-2019
Day 76 update: 09-May-2019
Day 74 update: 07-May-2019
Day 71 update: 04-May-2019
Day 68 update: 01-May-2019
Day 67 update: 30-Apr-2019
Day 66 update: 29-Apr-2019
Day 58 update: 23-Apr-2019
Day 57 update: 22-Apr-2019
Day 56 update: 21-Apr-2019
Day 55 update: 20-Apr-2019
Day 52 update: 17-Apr-2019
Day 51 update: 16-Apr-2019
Day 50 update: 15-Apr-2019
Day 49 update: 14-Apr-2019
Day 46 update: 11-Apr-2019
Day 44 update: 09-Apr-2019
Day 43 update: 08-Apr-2019
Day 34 update: 31-Mar-2019
Day 31 update: 28-Mar-2019
Day 29 update: 26-Mar-2019
Day 28 update: 25-Mar-2019
Day 23 update: 20-Mar-2019
Day 21 update: 19-Mar-2019
Day 20 update: 18-Mar-2019
Day 19 update: 17-Mar-2019
Day 18 update: 16-Mar-2019
Day 17 update: 15-Mar-2019
Day 16 update: 14-Mar-2019
Day 15 update: 13-Mar-2019
CONGRATULATIONS to Dave VE3KCL! U3B25 completed the whole circumnavigation! It is now on its 2nd lap around our planet. The 1st lap has been coloured blue on the map!
Day 14 update: 12-Mar-2019
Day 12 update: 10-Mar-2019
Day 9 update: 08-Mar-2019
Day 8 update: 07-Mar-2019
Day 7 update: 06-Mar-2019
Day 6 update: 05-Mar-2019
Day 5 update: 04-Mar-2019
Day 4 update: 03-Mar-2019
Day 2 update: 01-Mar-2019
Day 1 update: 28-Feb-2019
The launch was a bit eventful due to stronger winds than expected (see below); U3B25 went skiing, dragged along the snow by the wind after a downdraft. Nevertheless evidently survived, and climbed to a little over 11,000m as it headed East towards the Atlantic.
Launch photos
the launch was problematic huge gusts of wind and down drafts ... the balloons were being blown sideways and there was no let up in the high gusts of wind. I ran downwind with the transmitter in hand and let go as the balloons seemed to gain altitude. The balloons lowered and dragged the transmitter across the snow before finally getting some altitude... It was terrible abuse for the fragile solar cells and the balloons that normally do not get buffeted around like that. Next time I will be more intelligent and wait for confirmed wind speed ... the forecast was 3knots but it was more like 15kn.
Transmitter photos
