A quick update from my phone based on NASA’s video coverage. I’m so excited and happy that NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) mission is a success so far. Deep Space Systems licensed Featherweight Altimeters tracker technology for use in the Ejectable Data Return capsules that went into space early this morning and landed off the coast of Hawaii. The EDR, about the size of a softball, recorded critical flight data and videos from the mission, and was ejected from about 50,000 feet above the ocean. LoRa radios and microcontrollers like those used in Featherweight trackers, along with Featherweight embedded software, sent down real-time data to Featherweight ground stations on board the recovery ship. High-altitude weather balloons were also launched from the ship to relay data from over the horizon using Featherweight “lost rocket” relay feature. On the NASA broadcast they said that they received location data packets from the EDR. I’m excited to learn more how it all went from the rest of the NASA team over the coming days.