Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion) header
Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion) profile picture

Project Scorpion

@RLSScorpion

We are a group of year 13 Computing and Physics students sending a 2.5kg payload into space, launching from the Royal Latin School on 25th January 2016.

 Buckingham, England
royallatin.org
Joined October 2015
  • Tweets48
  • Following112
  • Followers21
14Media
Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)Photo by Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)
#ScorpionsCantSwim
4
Eating at the service station to cheer us up
Image from Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)
We've turned around leaving the payload behind :(
Well our balloon has burst, parachute deployed! Just.... over the sea
Image from Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)
1
Looking like we're going swimming for the payload
Taking Project Scorpion to the beach :D
We hit 30,000m expecting it to burst any time now!
1
We're over 20,000 metres up now.
1
3
Another very blurry photo! Each green line is someone tracking us, big thanks to them all!
Image from Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)
1
Project Scorpion retweeted
Space Ballooning (@HABbyEAL) profile picture
Space Ballooning@HABbyEAL12 Feb 2016
In the chase car! #SCORPION 7949m
Image from Space Ballooning (@HABbyEAL)
1
2
We have passed the 10km mark.
1
No tree shall stand in our way.
1
If you'd like to see the launch come now! :)
Starting to inflate!
Image from Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)
1
Project Scorpion retweeted
Space Ballooning (@HABbyEAL) profile picture
Space Ballooning@HABbyEAL12 Feb 2016
Raspberry pi camera trauma. Launch delayed to 13:15
Image from Space Ballooning (@HABbyEAL)
1
2
Expected 13:15 launch.
Crowds are gathering for the launch! :)
Image from Project Scorpion (@RLSScorpion)
Project Scorpion retweeted
Space Ballooning (@HABbyEAL) profile picture
Space Ballooning@HABbyEAL12 Feb 2016
Preparing the balloon @RLSScorpion #Habbing
Image from Space Ballooning (@HABbyEAL)
1
1
Slight delay on our launch! Sorry!
Shoutout to gravity waves
Load more