Project Horizon

The near-space programme of Queen Mary's Grammar School in Walsall.

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... and some (out of several thousand!) captured during the payload's descent.

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A few stills taken from Oculus' payload during its ascent - spot the planes :)

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@OrbitalEDU The main addition this year was a 360 camera, placed atop the payload. Unfortunately it only captured 56 minutes of footage before it switched off (we think this was triggered due to the low temperature to 'protect' itself). The film it did manage to record looks good however!

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Payload recovered! Peak altitude 32643m. Footage to follow...

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The balloon has now reached 20,000m!

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We have reached 10,000m!

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Other photos before our launch #teamoculus

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We have launched from QM and chasing our ballon down which is heading to Leicester

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@neverscroll The standard flight computer, still and film cameras, GPS tracker and locator circuit. But we're more excited about what's on the payload - a 360 camera :)

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Team Oculus' Payload - ready for launch!

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The Engineering team and Media team working hard 👍🏽

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Engineering team working on the new flight computer...💻💻

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HELLO EVERYONE...We are your new 2018 Horizon team - Team OCULUS

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@ThinktankPlanet @qmgs1554 Unfortunately we weren't able to get hold of the 360 equipement for this launch, just Muvi filming down and GoPro up. Maybe next year!

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@horizonqmgs Really impressed with the high altitude image clarity - stunning.

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@horizonqmgs Fantastic video, I always wanted that shot with the balloon burst but budget never allowed. Magical (get it in a frame in school).

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A selection of still photos from the #teamcelsius payload! (4) #hab #projecthorizon @qmgs1554

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A selection of still photos from the #teamcelsius payload! (3) #hab #projecthorizon @qmgs1554

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A selection of still photos from the #teamcelsius payload! (2) #hab #projecthorizon @qmgs1554

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A selection of still photos from the #teamcelsius payload! (1) #hab #projecthorizon @qmgs1554