Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/4/1963
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (AFCRL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon GT-12 Dacron and Mylar laminate
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/4/1963
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 7 h 45 m
Landing site: 9 miles SE of San Antonio, New Mexico, US
Payload weight: 2000 lbs
External references
- Infrared Astronomy by Balloon Scientific American, vol. 212, issue 1, pp. 28-37
- Summary of Balloon Flights launched from H.A.F.B. NM (1962 thru 1987) U.S. Gov. National Archives
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 11, September 1963
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