UPDATE: KD2VGT-1 and KD2VGT-2 Complete 2nd Lap of the Globe

Nine days after their first circumnavigation of the Earth, the STEM class's balloons KD2VGT-1 and KD2VGT-2 completed their second circuit of the globe as they headed east, back over the Atlantic, leaving the Nova Scotia area on Tuesday morning February 16. Their trip over the US had been an adventurous one. After leaving the radio-silent Pacific air space and crossing over northern California on the 14th, they suddenly headed off on a drastic south-easterly course, then roller-coaster-ed their way across the northern part of Mexico and then northeast out of communication, following the track of the latest severe storms that have blanketed parts of the US with snow. They turned east after crossing over Maine and Newfoundland, currently cruising along over the ocean at 138 mph at an altitude of 41,960 ft.

View the story of the project and the launch, with a link to the launch photos.