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The maximum altitude for a weather balloon is 173,000 feet, though 60,000 to 120,000 feet is more common. If you want to go higher, you're going to need to use
by tjohns 12y ago
The maximum altitude for a weather balloon is 173,000 feet, though 60,000 to 120,000 feet is more common.
If you want to go higher, you're going to need to use a rocket instead of a gas-filled balloon.
- fletchowns 12y agoWhat determines the maximum height that a weather balloon can go?
- krasin 12y agoThe density of the air, the higher altitute, the smaller density: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#mediaviewer/File:Atmosphere_model.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#mediaviewer... And the balloon has to have a smaller density than the surrounding air to be floating.
- MHordecki 12y ago(IANAP) The physics of a balloon. It works by having lower density than the surrounding air. As the air gets thinner with altitude, at some point the balloon is just too heavy.