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Project: SKYLAUNCH - A Balloon Assisted Rocket Launch to Send the Valiant 1 Probe on a Deep Space Exploration Mission.

Welcome to project SkyLaunch! Become part of the journey and adventure today!
With your support, we will launch from Dartmoor, Devon in the UK in May 2018. The SkyLaunch platform and balloon will lift the Valiant rocket to 150,000 feet. There will be approximately 1-3% air at this height meaning there will be no, or very little drag on the Valiant rocket as its' velocity increases dramatically, escaping into the vacuum of space. After the launch, the Valiant One probe's final orbital escape velocity from Earth will be 32-41,000 miles per hour! A representative from the Guinness Book of records will attend the launch.
The Valiant 1 probe will then begin its' mission into Outer Space, starting with video and images of Earth and Space that have never been seen before. As well as scientific data including temperature, altitude, velocity and position. Valiant 1 will have four hi-tech miniature camera's connected to each side of the probe, with widescreen (non fisheye lenses) which will take live video and photographs of Earth and Outer-Space until the probe is out of range for video and will send back compressed jpeg photographs in time segments. Valiant 1 will have the latest miniature transmission technology in combination with an adjustable transmission dish at the base of the probe.
Valiant 1 will be on a parabolic trajectory towards Mars, which it will reach by the end of July 2018. Valiant 1 will 'swing-by' Mars, while capturing images and transmitting them back to Earth. This is not just a sightseeing tour however, as Valiant 1 will use Mars' orbit as a gravitational assist, boosting Valiant 1's velocity and pushing Valiant 1 into deeper space.
All Valiant 1's video and image transmissions will be posted and uploaded to SkyLaunch's Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts (in bio section).
Valiant 1 will also transmit peace and hello messages in morse code as well as information about Earth and its location.
To mark this historic occasion the first reward we are offering is the FREE SkyLaunch game! Also, as a contributor you will receive an invitation to the launch with your 10 second message and hair added to the probe. Plus a hand held, colour 3D printed model of the SkyLaunch Platform/Friendship 1 rocket and t-shirts, hats, mugs, badges etc.
The Valiant 1 rocket will be powered by lightweight oxidised solid fuel engines. The Valiant 1 probe is solar powered (thin film), with new high tech graphene continuous life power storage. We are currently in communication with a European company who create and supply miniature, long storage graphene batteries.

Link to Kickstarter campaign