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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2024
Urban Sky, Denver, CO (US);
Maxmillion J. W. McLaughlin, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Jared Leidich, Denver, CO (US);
Nathan Henault, Arvada, CO (US);
URBAN SKY THEORY INC., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Balloon systems, such as for remote sensing activities in the upper atmosphere, having a dual fault tolerant termination system, which provide high-reliability termination. The balloon systems described herein include a primary termination device and a secondary termination device, each of the termination devices configured to provide allow lift gas expulsion while maintaining the integrity of the balloon envelope, to allow for possible reuse of the envelope. The primary termination device has long-range communication capability, to receive instructions from a ground-based command, and also has short-range communication capability, to communicate with the secondary termination device.