25000 km is definitely space, 25,000 m is about right for a balloon.
Brit amateur payload set to complete full circle around PLANET EARTH
It's a tip of the hat today to Brit High Altitude Ballooning (HAB) bod Leo Bodnar, whose B-64 payload is poised to complete an epic 25,000km circumnavigation of the globe. B-64 - comprising a 12g solar-powered radio tracker rig - lifted off on 12 July from near Silverstone, Northamptonshire. Its most recent position showed it …
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Wednesday 30th July 2014 23:57 GMT Martin Budden
Re: map looks wrong
Worse than that, it's upside down! This is how it should look.
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