turbineslut t1_j9ipuiy wrote on February 22, 2023 at 6:38 AM

Reply to comment by import_torch-nn in I made a spy balloon simulator that runs on real atmospheric data! by import_torch-nn

Did you know about https://habhub.org/ ? They have a predictor too for actual launches. I’ve used it to launch three balloons years ago.

https://predict.sondehub.org/

And the live tracker for actual balloons

https://tracker.sondehub.org/

import_torch-nn OP t1_j9jpviy wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:43 PM

yep! I learnt about it from other comments

they are the professional side of this topic

turbineslut t1_j9k8x9m wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Well back when I participated they were actually just a bunch of volunteers/hobbyists doing it in their free time. Not sure if a part of it has been professionalized by now. But yea, it's all very slick.