Launch APPFQ – Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Física e de Química


“On Friday, September 5, 2025, at 10:00 GMT, Balua, in collaboration with APPFQ, launched a high-altitude balloon in Setúbal. This time, the mission featured contributions from university professors and carried an experiment on radiation and particle physics developed by researchers from LIP–UMinho.”

2nd Verão na Ulisboa mini-Launch

Balua is launching another balloon, this time with students involved in the satellite activities of Verão na Uliaboa.

This event will occur this friday (July, 13th) in Tondela, at 17:00 GMT.

Due to adverse wind conditions and high probability of losing the payload, this launch will be of 100g balloon and just carry a PoqetCube developed by the students with LORA communications which will be broadcasting in 868MHz.

Childrens Day Launch in Braga

Balua is launching another balloon, this time with Casa da Ciência in Braga. The objective of this launch is to send kids messages to near space.

This event will occur this Friday (June, 1st) in Braga,  at 11:00 GMT.

Here is the launch information:

  • It will be broadcasting APRS (144.800MHz) with callsign CS5PBA-11. You can follow us here;
  • Spot-http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0pudMOB0YE0vYmVWmZebNMUqsjCy7Rvsj

SALESIANOS LAUNCH

Balua is launching another balloon, this time with Salesianos do Estoril. The objective of this launch is to send a school project to near space.

This event will occur this Tuesday (March, 28th) in Estoril,  at 10:00 GMT.

Here is the launch information:

  • It will be broadcasting APRS (144.800MHz) with callsign CS5PBA-11. You can follow us here;
  • Spot-http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0pudMOB0YE0vYmVWmZebNMUqsjCy7Rvsj

New launch details – Benedita

Balua is launching another balloon, this time partnered with the artist Márcio Vilela. The objective of this launch is to perform a photographic study on the blue color gradient from ground level up to the stratosphere.

This event will occur this Saturday (May, 2nd) in Benedita, Leiria at 9:00 GMT.

Here is the launch information:

  • It will be broadcasting APRS (144.800MHz) with callsign CS5PBA-11. You can follow us here;
  • SPOT tracker link;
  • SENSEFINITY GPRS Tracker link;
  • CW Beacon at 434.485MHz.

Live map


Seeing you from above!