Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 4/8/1979 at N
Launch site: TIFR National Balloon Facility, Hyderabad, India
Balloon launched by: National Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen Stratofilm (tow + main) 143.300 m3
Flight identification number: 338
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): ??/??/1979
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 h 30 m
Campaign: GRISP (Gamma-Ray India Soviet Project).
Payload weight: 508 kgs
Overall weight: 916 kgs
Succesfull flight
External references
- Balloon Flight Report 1969 -2003 TIFR website (via Archive.Org)
- Dr. Shashikant Vinayak Damle memorial website created by Vladimir G. Tyshkevich
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