Technical Overview of the Last Two STRATO SCIENCE Campaigns in Timmins, Canada

During more than 50 years, the French Space Agency (CNES) has performed balloon flights from France, mostly from the Aire-sur-l’Adour balloon base in the South-west of France. Gradually, it became difficult to find the safe landing zones at the end of the flight due to the road density, the residential and industrial areas, or all the outside human activities. This normal infrastructure growth has an impact on the number of acceptable trajectories and also on the risk level associated to each flight.