Purpose of the flight and payload description
*** PAYLOAD DESCRIPTION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON ***
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 4/25/1973
Launch site: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF), Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven - 84.951 m3 (25.40 microns X-124)
Flight identification number: 742P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 4/25/1973
Landing site: Balloon Failure
Payload weight: 596 kgs
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- 40-350 micron observations of galactic sources Astrophysical Journal, vol. 202, Dec. 1, 1975, pt. 1, p. 400-406
- National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report FY 1973 National Center for Atmospheric Research, September 1973
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