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UAVOS and Stratodynamics have announced that their HiDRON stratospheric glider has completed a record-setting stratospheric flight. Released from a Canadian Space Agency scientific gondola at an altitude of 111,434 feet, the glider performed a four hour controlled flight, eventually landing at Iroquois Falls Airport. The HiDRON was launched from the Timmins Victor M. Power Airport via the CSA scientific gondola at 10 pm on Aug. 31. The mission plan was to release the HiDRON from the gondola between an altitude of 30 kilometers altitude and the target ceiling altitude of 37 kilometers. Once released, the HiDRON was expected to follow a pre-set flight plan
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