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Hi, I'd like to see a weather balloon launch from the National Weather Service. I reached out to them on location and times of their launch, and I found Planet.com as a potential resource to be able to know if this action is possible to see from space. I launch balloons professionally and recreationally, and before subscribing in a paid way to Planet.com, I'd like to see if this is even possible, and the Planet Help Desk recommended I reach out to the community to see if anyone here has had any luck seeing a weather balloon.
I was on the browser to find the lat/lon and time of launches, but the scene is low resolution, poor imagery, and I cannot add a day of a launch to the cart for order. I attached a screen shot of what it looks like to me. Here's the information from NWS and ABQ, too. Thank you for your help troubleshooting this scene.
"Balloons are generally launched just after 17:00Z and 23:00Z, but theoretically can be launched during a 90 min period (17:00Z to 18:30Z and 23:00Z to 00:30Z). All balloons are launched manually at our WFO located next to the Sunport. Lat/Lon: 35.038107, -106.622813"
I’m adding some information from the Help Desk :