The launch was at 11o’clock on Wednesday, July 9. But where did this weatherballoon go? After the balloon burst, there were no more signals coming from the SPOT satellite radio GPS tracker.
Until the the next morning (Thursday), when both GPS trackers of the probe sent coordinates, in agreement. That is the last, southernmost point of the track above. The predicted landing sites is way further south, near Munster.
Stay tuned for the news when the young scientists from Trittau retrieve the probe from the trees near Hanstedt on Friday. The red marker in the aerial map below marks the landing site.
My guess: The balloon popped but did not separate from the probe. The lump of latex dragged the probe downwards like a stone. The trackers were tumbling upside down, not able to transmit to the satellite network. The probe crashed into the trees and came to rest in an unfavorable location and/or orientation.
