The launch began on December 8. We started school by getting everything for the launch ready. This included things like the package, parachute, rope, tape, gps, electronics, helium, tarp, balloon, and zip ties. Once that was done we had to coordinate getting enough helium and then packing all those components into two vans. Because we didn't have enough helium initially we stopped by Party City to pick some more up. Our launch site was a park in Oceanside. We arrived there around 12pm, took everything out of the car and got started. But quickly we ran into a problem. The balloon did not have enough helium and would not lift our package. Quickly Andrew called up local areas, loaded the helium tank back up into the car and went to replace it. About an hour and half later he arrived back with a full tank of helium. We unzipped the balloon from the rest of the package that consisted of package, radar deflector, parachute, and balloon (in order from bottom to top). We filled the balloon to about 3 times its original size, zip tied it together and sent it off. It took off really fast and we could see it for a good amount of our drive home. Our plan was to retrieve the balloon the next day. Later that night I found out that it had landed really close to Mexico and lost gps transmission. When I came to school there was a bit of discussion and we decided because of its harry landing area we would retrieve it the following monday. That’s where we are at this moment, planning it.
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