(meteorobs) tracking a meteor part 2

[Pat]

Here is the lead scientist's web page.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/research/iarc/collection/cameranetwork

Of course funded by institutions, mine will have to be self-funded!

Thomas about sending up a cheap balloon camera, yes we send cheap GPS/camera/transmitters up all the time on unmanned aircraft...I just have not figured out a way to get the meteor to pass by my field of view! LOL

I have to agree with Chris in that the difficulty in capturing a meteor trail, the cost of multiple trips added up, and the limited advantage to getting above some of the atmosphere do not outweigh the low cost reusable stable known location ground station.
If you don't use our high accuracy military SAASM GPS units and you use a cheap low light (not IR) camera, primary lithium batteries (for weight)...the big cost is the transmitter to send back the video, GPS, and other sensor data. I think you are still talking about a few thousand dollars per package.