Earlier today, the balloon I launched ~18 days ago made its way back to the USA and crossed the longitudinal line from where it was released. Whoop! A few days ago, it was zooming for the California coast but decided to take a detour and spend some time over Hawaii...who can blame it for doing that. After a few days rest, it caught stream back over the US and here we are.
When you launch a balloon, you hope you've done everything right preparing it for flight. Tracker configured properly, antenna constructed and securely attached to the tracker, balloons filled to the exact lift you want, tracker securely attached to the balloon. So many things can go wrong and, as history has shown, they usually do. But this time, it looks like it all came together and BLT-62 is having a very successful and long (and hopefully longer) flight.
Here's a screen capture of the whole flight to date. Looking at the winds aloft, it should head southeast and get into a fairly fast jet stream tonight for hopefully its 2nd trip across the Atlantic.
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