Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 10/31/1972 at 14:27 UTC
Launch site: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Balloon launched by: Raven Industries Inc.
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
Balloon serial number: SF 294.9-150-NSC-03 SN: 4
Flight identification number: Raven Nº 1344
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/31/1972 at 22:49 UTC
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 8 h 22 m
Landing site: 15 miles E of Conrad, Montana, US
Campaign: SKYHOOK 72
External references
- Measurement of Cosmic Ray Positron and Negatron Spectra Between 1 and 10 GeV. (Abstract) 13th International Conference on Cosmic Rays,Vol.1, p.317
- Skyhook Churchill 1972 Interim Report, Raven Industries, 1973
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