Aerostratospheric

Aerostratospheric today released the first public landing projection for the X2Griffon maiden science flight, scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2026, from Casey First Church of the Nazarene, 1000 U.S. Highway 40, Casey, Illinois.

Studio taping set for Tuesday in Champaign; air date to be announced. Conversation comes after the x1Albatross test flight and ahead of the X2Griffon science launch on September 19.

Aerostratospheric released a 100-gram latex balloon from the Casey, Illinois area at approximately 12:00 p.m. CDT on Saturday, September 12, 2026, carrying a simulated payload of the X1 Albatross

Illinois nonprofit puts a 6 m (20 ft) low altitude aerostat beside its free balloon platforms

Aerostratospheric will conduct a private lift and procedural test of the x1Albatross platform on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from the Casey, Illinois operations area.

Failsafe fallback pack adds an independent recovery and logging layer so a flight is never a single-path data event.

Free Explorer Accounts Give Students and Educators Access to Atmospheric Science, Data Tools, and STEM Certificates

Aerostratospheric Private Test Launch 100-Gram Component-Less MAD-AP Platform Saturday, September 12, 2026 Closed to the Public — Team & Invited Personnel Only

The systems detect threats, geolocate adversarial assets, extend defense communication lines, and feed a controlled Geospatial Information Repository (GIR).

Midwest Stratospheric Data Systems (MSDS) has announced that it operates as a limited partnership under Aerostratospheric Corporation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation.