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  • California company will try launching tiny satellites with balloons

    01/05/2004 5:11:44 PM PST · by Holly_P · 12 replies · 199+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | January 5, 2004 | Associated Press
    <p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - An unconventional California company has won a $200,000 contract with the Air Force Space Command to develop a way to launch one-pound micro-satellites quickly and cheaply using big balloons. "We're masters of the really cheap stuff," said John Powell, founder of J.P. Aerospace, based outside Sacramento.</p>