{"id":231,"date":"2013-01-26T17:46:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T17:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=231"},"modified":"2013-04-29T05:39:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T05:39:54","slug":"jp-aerospace-big-ascender-pongsat-launch-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"JP Aerospace: Big Ascender + PongSat launch system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some intriguing recent posts on the JP Aerospace blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

* Ascender 90 Envelope Inspection<\/a> –<\/p>\n

\"Ascender<\/a><\/p>\n

* PongSat Launch System<\/a> –<\/p>\n

\"Rockoon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some intriguing recent posts on the JP Aerospace blog: * Ascender 90 Envelope Inspection – * PongSat Launch System –      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-near-space","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16624,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16624","url_meta":{"origin":231,"position":0},"title":"JP Aerospace Ascender airship granted FAA Airworthiness Certificate","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"For over 20 years, JP Aerospace\u00a0of northern California has carried out a wide variety of balloon and airship activities ranging from stratospheric advertisements to taking student\u00a0PongSat experiments\u00a0to the stratosphere The\u00a0Ascender airships aim to provide controlled flight to near space and perhaps even beyond. 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