Permissions for Ballooning
Local launches out of Kempton, North Dakota have permitted student research to
reach the near-space environment, in correspondence of the Space Studies Department
and the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium. It is imperative to maintain a safe and
respectable ballooning program at the University of North Dakota. There are regulations
from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Aviation
Association (FAA) that govern near-space balloon launches.