Balloon "Passepartout"
"Passepartout" is our stratospheric/mesospheric balloon which is constructed and launched both as a training project and as a precursor for the Rover phase.
New height record with Passepartout Ven "Hannes Capitano Mayer": 35.228 m
Passepartout I
On the 4th of October 2007, exactly 50 years after the launch of Sputnik1, the first ÖWF/PolAres flight hardware, the balloon Passepartout was launched. With this event the Austrian Space Forum was celebrating the first 50 years of space travel.
Passepartout II (IIa, IIb)
Due to problems with the leashes we had on 19th of July 2008 two launch failures of Passepartout II (IIa, IIb). However the payload could be saved.
Passepartout II (IIc)
On the 5h of October 2008, the stratosphere balloon “Passepartout IIc” was launched successfully from our launch area at the Lustbühel in Graz, Styria, Austria.
Balloon "Passepartout III digi"
On the 23th of August the Austrian Space Forum in cooperation with the Austrian Amateur Radio Service ÖVSV has launched again a stratosphere balloon, Passepartout III digi. The launch area was once again the Lustbühel in Graz, Styria, Austria.
Ballon Passepartout IVb env
Next planned launch: Start of Passepartout IVenv from Linz in the occasion of the UN world environment day.
Balloon: Passepartout V trans
Planned launch: Passepartout V trans, “Hannes Capitano Mayer” from Graz.
Last Update: 09.06.2010
Ballon Passepartout VI RADECS
Launch of Passepartout VI from Längenfeld in the occasion of the RADECS Austria 2010 Conference.
Balloon SHERPA I ISU
On the 13th of August the OEWF has launched a stratosphere balloon within the framework of the ISU (International Space University) in Graz, Lustbühel.
More stories on balloon "Passepartout"
Underneath you'll find more stories about our balloon "Passepartout". Read how we made our first steps, doing workshops, testing flight hardware and how we succeed taking pictures from the edge of space.
PolAres Schedule Update
After Rio Tinto in April 2011 this will be the first field test after upgrading the Aouda.X space suit simulator. Proposed location: Dachstein cave systems (upper Austria)
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