Purpose of the flight and payload description
*** PAYLOAD DESCRIPTION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON ***
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/15/1965 at
Launch site: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 3.980.000 cuft (1.0 MIL. Stratofilm)
Flight identification number: 166P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): ??/??/1965
Landing site: Operations Failure
Payload weight: 741 lbs
External references
- Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 21, December 1965
- NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report, 1965 National Center for Atmospheric Research, January 1966
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