SABLE-3 Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiments August 11th, 2007 Third time lucky and Tony now has the photo he wanted -  a view from 117,597 feet. SABLE-3 was launched on Saturday, August 11th, 2007, at 9:31 AM with a payload, consisting of a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to take 1 image every minute and a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS Tracker, that the Kaysam 1200 gram balloon carried to