Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/14/1972 at 13:31 UTC
Launch site: Fort Churchill Airport, Manitoba, Canada
Balloon launched by: Raven Industries Inc.
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen Stratofilm 10.575.000 cuft - Natural Shape (0.7 mils) - Cap (0.7 Mils.)
Balloon serial number:
Flight identification number: Raven Nº 1327
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/15/1972 at 4:54 UTC
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 15 h 23 m
Landing site: In a lake, 50 miles N of Uranium City, Canada
Campaign: SKYHOOK 72
External references
- Skyhook Churchill 1972 Interim Report, Raven Industries, 1973
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