Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/11/1963
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 3.200.000 cuft (0.5 mil.)
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/11/1963
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 12 h
Payload weight: 2000 lbs
External references
- Infrared Astronomy by Balloon Scientific American, vol. 212, issue 1, pp. 28-37
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 9, May 1963
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