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Breakthrough Balloon
Technology

OUR BALLOON
HIGH-ALTITUDE INNOVATION

Redefining Stratospheric Access

Leveraging decades of experience and over 20 patents, our Microballoons™ (mHABs) represent the most effective and forward-looking approach to harnessing the full potential of the stratosphere. The mHAB offers rapid (5 minute); high-wind launch capabilities, unprecedented durability, balloon navigation and persistence via patented altitude control systems, reliable and redundant actuated termination, and unprecedented affordability. Swarms of mHABs can be launched and operated by a single user from virtually anywhere. As a payload-agnostic platform, the mHAB is only constrained by the creativity of its users.

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Navigable

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Persistent

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Rapidly Deployable

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Durable & Refurbishable

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BALLOONS

10 Gore Balloon

FULLY INFLATED (MAXIMUM) VOLUME

1,760ft^3

PAYLOAD CAPACITY

4lb (min) – 20lb (max)

GORE LENGTH (UNINFLATED LENGTH)

23ft

NUMBER OF GORES

10

MAX FLOAT ALTITUDE

60,000ft

Float altitude depends on lift gas type and hook-on mass.

TOTAL BALLOON SYSTEM MASS (NOT INCLUDING PAYLOAD)

5.7lbs - 6.8lbs

FULLY INFLATED WIDTH

14.1ft

FULLY INFLATED HEIGHT

14.8ft

ALTITUDE STABILITY PERFORMANCE

-0.1m/s – -0.5m/s

COMPATIBLE LIFT GASSES

Helium, Hydrogen*

*Hydrogen is a dangerous flammable gas. Appropriate precautions to avoid air mixing and ignition sources Should be taken. Urban Sky does not recommend the use of Hydrogen by operators without significant experience using flammable fuel gasses as a lift gas.

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BALLOONS

12 Gore Balloon

FULLY INFLATED (MAXIMUM) VOLUME

3,000ft^3

LIFT CAPACITY

4lbs − 32lbs

GORE LENGTH (UNINFLATED LENGTH)

29.5 ft.

NUMBER OF GORES

12

MAX FLOAT ALTITUDE

70,000 ft.

Float altitude depends on lift gas type and hook-on mass.

TOTAL BALLOON SYSTEM MASS (NOT INCLUDING PAYLOAD)

5.7lbs − 6.8lbs

FULLY INFLATED WIDTH

16.7ft

FULLY INFLATED HEIGHT

18ft

ALTITUDE STABILITY PERFORMANCE

0m/s – -0.5m/s

COMPATIBLE LIFT GASSES

Helium, Hydrogen*

*Hydrogen is a dangerous flammable gas. Appropriate precautions to avoid air mixing and ignition sources Should be taken. Urban Sky does not recommend the use of Hydrogen by operators without significant experience using flammable fuel gasses as a lift gas.

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RADIOTERM REDUNDANT TERMINATION
APEX AVIONICS BOX
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Made in the U.S.A.

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SOFTWARE

See the Software

Our software makes flight planning and mission control simple. It's powered by a custom physics engine and the most reliable traditional and experimental AI-based weather forecasts, producing the most accurate trajectory models available. Most importantly, it's super easy to use.

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