A Paper Aeroplane Released Into Space on 70cm

The Paper Aeroplane Released Into Space (PARIS) project, involving Radio Amateur Steve Daniels, G6UIM, has been a great success.

It carried APRS on 433.800 and a Morse beacon on 432.055MHz and attracted widespread media coverage

According to The Register the callsigns used for the PARIS flight were:

* EA/G6UIM: The main payload morse beacon, transmitting "PARIS Balloon Beacon" every 30 seconds on 432.055MHz.
* G6UIM-9: The main payload pursuit vehicle.
* G6UIM-11: The main payload back-up transmitter, broadcasting "EA PARIS Balloon" on 144.800MHz.
* G6UIM-12: The Vulture 1's GPS/APRS board, transmitting on 433.800MHz.

Watch one of the PARIS videos

Other videos can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/user/RegisterParis

The Register - PARIS
http://www.theregister.co.uk/science/paris/

Sky News Report - Out Of This World: A Paper Plane In Space
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/
Paper-Plane-Makers-See-Success-As-They-Send-Plane
-Into-Space/Article/201011215800167

BBC News - Paper plane launched into space captures Earth images
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084

Radio amateur joins PARIS project
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2010/
paris_project.htm

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