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Last updated: April 10th, 2015 at 00:05 UTC+02:00
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Tesco launched the balloon from an undisclosed location inside the Peak District National Park, and says that on the ride up its contraption survived winds of up to 160km/h and temperatures as cold as -57 degrees Celsius. Currently the Galaxy S6 edge is floating in space and Tesco is running a competition of sorts that depends upon the moment the balloon bursts and it all comes hurtling towards the earth at astonishing speed. A lucky Twitter user who tweets “DROP” and “#S6EdgeOfSpace” at precisely the same time the balloon bursts will receive a Galaxy S6 edge from Tesco for free. Once the device is on its way back to Earth another competition will start, this time the user who tweets “Land” and the same hashtag and guesses the correct time of landing will also receive a free unit from the retailer.
At 11am UK time Tesco will start livestreaming the Galaxy S6 edge's journey up there, but until that time the stream will remain private.
Adnan Farooqui is a long-term writer at SamMobile. Based in Pakistan, his interests include technology, finance, Swiss watches and Formula 1. His tendency to write long posts betrays his inclination to being a man of few words.
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