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Sent Into Space
Company typePrivate
IndustryAerospace, marketing
Founded18 July 2011[1]
FoundersChris Rose
Alex Baker
HeadquartersSheffield, South Yorkshire
Websitewww.sentintospace.com

Sent Into Space is an English aerospace company known for providing services that allow members of the public to send objects to the upper stratosphere for marketing or publicity purposes. The company uses weather balloons attached to a craft and has served many large companies.

History

The company was founded in 2011 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, by Chris Rose and Alex Baker.[2] The two met at the University of Sheffield, as they were both pursuing a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. The two were having a conversation at a pub when they thought it would be interesting to attach a camera to a weather balloon that was launched up to space. After six months of experimenting, they launched the balloon on 17 December 2010, from Rose's backyard.[3] They uploaded a video of their process and photos the camera took to YouTube, which went viral. Many companies and individuals saw this video and requested for the duo to launch their own items to space, so they decided to start a company for it.[4]

Services

Sent Into Space has been used for publicity stunts, cinematography, scientific research, aerospace research, and education. It has been certified by the Civil Aviation Authority.[4][5] The company also provides its services to scientists desiring to research the atmosphere. In one mission, the craft was built to take a sample of the atmosphere and discovered a diatom.[2]

The company's balloons are made from latex and are biodegradeable. They also use hydrogen as a lifting gas instead of helium as it is a renewable resource. The company also utilizes 3D printing for many of their equipment.[4] The balloons reach 38 km (24 mi) on average, taking a few hours to reach that height. The air pressure this high causes the balloon to keep expanding, reaching 10 m (33 ft) from an original 2 m (6.6 ft) until it bursts. Then, a parachute is deployed and the craft takes about an hour to reach the ground. Sent Into Space has a software that predicts where it will land.[6]

Aura Flights, formerly Ascension Flights, is an offshoot of the company exclusively for scattering ashes in the atmosphere.[7] It was launched in 2017 after the technology was first developed in 2015. It appeared on the television programme Dragons' Den, but rejected an offer from Deborah Meaden.[8][9]

List of objects sent into space

This is a select list of the 1,000+ objects the company has sent into space for notable clients.[4]

Object Client Date Motive Notes References
Vintage Sony Television Kelvin Jones 24 August 2015 Footage for a music video [10][11]
Meat and potato pie World Pie Eating Championship 15 December 2016 Promotion of the event First pie launched into space [12][13][14]
Gin botanicals That Boutique-y Whisky Company 15 March 2017 Will be used to make gin Botanicals were made into Moonshot Gin and sold [15][16]
6 cameras set up to be omnidirectional BBC Earth 21 August 2017 Capture the Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 from space Launched from Fort Laramie, Wyoming, flight data helped in research of stratospheric gravity waves [17][18]
Bottle of whiskey Jameson Irish Whiskey 1 April 2018 April Fools' prank by the company pretending they were releasing spage-aged whiskey [19][20][21]
Reality Reach and Monstercat plush Koven 14 August 2018 Promotion of new EP [22][23][24]
CRT TV BRAC 5 September 2018 Broadcasting the words of victims of the Rohingya genocide Launched from Bogra, Bangladesh [25][26]
Redmi Note 7 Xiaomi 6 May 2019 Promotion of the availability of the phone to U.K. markets Demonstrated endurance and camera quality [27][28][29]
Astronaut Barbie Mattel 8 July 2019 Celebration of Barbie's 60th anniversary [30][31][32]
HyperX Cloud Orbit HyperX 6 September 2019 Footage for an announcement trailer [33][34]
Tub of ice cream Ben & Jerry's, Space Force 15 May 2020 Promotion of new flavor "boots on the moooo'n" and TV series Space Force Ice cream was eaten once returned from space [35][36][37]
Google Pixelbook YouTube 5 June 2020 Promotion for the TV series Origin [38][39]
Chicken nugget Iceland 13 October 2020 Celebration of 50th anniversary First chicken nugget in space [40][41][42][43]
RED DSMC2 Helium camera Samsung 8 January 2021 Footage to be displayed on the company's in-store 8K TVs [44][45]
Model of Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith's ship Adult Swim 24 June 2021 Footage for the opening of the fifth season of Rick and Morty First premiere in space [46][47]
Blendjet 2 Blendjet 7 July 2021 Promotion for the release of the Blendjet 2 First blender in space, first smoothie made in space [48][49][50]
Capsule filled with 100 packs of Tic Tacs Tic Tac 29 July 2021 Capitalization on the popularity of the Pentagon UFO videos Space Tic Tacs were given away to fans [51][52]
Coca-Cola-flavored Slurpee 7-Eleven 10 August 2021 Celebration of 94th anniversary and promotion of 7NOW delivery service Launched from a 7-Eleven in Michigan, the state which consumes the most slurpees [53][54][55]
Visa credit card, payment terminal Visa Inc. 23 September 2021 Promotion of the simplicity of their card First commercial transaction in space [56][57]
Heinz Marz ketchup Heinz Tomato Ketchup 8 November 2021 Celebration of launch of special edition Marz ketchup [58][59]
Digital display Michael Bublé 10 March 2022 Premiere of music video [60][61][62]
Spinning coin BetOnline 6 May 2022 To break a record; in honour of National Space Day Coin was engineered to stop spinning once reaching the ground and it landed on heads; highest coin flip ever [63][64][65]
Digital display Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar 17 June 2022 Promotion of the film Lightyear Display showcased tweets about the movie [66][67]
Amazfit T-Rex 2 Amazfit 1 July 2022 Promotion of the T-Rex 2 pedometer [68][69]
Polaroid picture Logan Paul 24 July 2022 Promotion of Paul's NFT project [70][71]
Model of Greg Davies' head Ed Gamble 27 July 2022 To complete a challenge of Taskmaster: Champion of Champions II where Gamble must do something that "makes everyone go 'wow, that really is the greatest thing'" [72][73]
Bean from Fall Guys Mediatonic 12 September 2022 Footage for the announcement trailer of the game's second season [74][75]
C.O.D.E. Bowl III Trophy Call of Duty Endowment Bowl 1 December 2022 Promotion for the C.O.D.E. Bowl III [76][77][78]
Joko Winterscheidt's briefcase Florida Entertainment [de] 3 May 2023 Prank by Klaas Heufer-Umlauf as a part of the TV segment "Joko & Klaas' 15 Minutes Live" Contained Winterscheidt's ID card, keys, and glasses [79][80]
4 Stanley Quenchers Stanley 18 April 2023 Promotion of the availability of the Quencher in Europe [81][82]
Cricket World Cup Trophy International Cricket Council 27 June 2023 As part of a "trophy tour" before the 2023 Cricket World Cup [83][84][85]
Mobile phone array Bank Mandiri 3 October 2023 Celebration of 25th anniversary Robot arms activated the bank's app in space, first activiation of a banking app in space [86][87]
Disco ball microphone Seventeen 10 October 2023 Footage for the music video for "God of Music" [88][89]

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