Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/10/1964 at 2:04 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 2.940.000 cuft (0.6 Mil)
Flight identification number: 90P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/10/1964
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 10 h
Payload weight: 271 pds
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 18, March 1965
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