Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 10/23/1964 at 4:03 cst
Launch site: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station, Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 3.000.000 cuft (0.5 Mil.)
Flight identification number: 87P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/23/1964
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 4 h 45 m
Payload weight: 177 pds
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning, Nº 17, November 1964
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