BASE 20 Flight: 2008 January 17

Launch: North Clay Middle School, Brazil, Indiana 13:48 UTC

Ascent Rate: varied, low average of 57.3 ft/min        Google Earth .kml file

Burst Altitude:  78,500 ft at 20:55 UTC

Landing: in Lake Erie - 42.57 degrees North, 81.03 degrees west at 21:37 UTC(.jpg)

Partial payload recovery 2008 January 19 in Port Burwell Provincial Park, Ontario (.jpg)

Flight began normally with an ascent rate of 400 ft/min. Sixteen minutes into the flight (14:04 UTC), the ascent rate rapidly decreased and the system did not reach 9000 ft before stalling out. The balloon began to rise from 8000 ft at 15:06 UTC. See ascent profile (.jpg file)