Céleste
Balloon capsule lifting guests high enough to see Earth's curve
Zephalto
French company building Céleste, a pressurized capsule carried by a balloon to about 25 km for a six-hour trip to the edge of space. It flew a crewed test flight from Albi in 2024. (1 product in the atlas)
Near-space balloon tourism; filed under human-suborbital like Space Perspective because no near-space category exists.
Products, by altitude
Edge of space · 80–160 km
Testing
Milestones
- Oct 2024 Crewed test flight from Albi with two pilots, reaching 6,000 m in a reusable balloon. Company statement1
Sources
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