Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 2/11/1997 at 9:25
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 100z Zodiac - 100.000 m3
Balloon serial number: 100Z Nº 77
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 2/11/1997 at ~ 12:15
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 2 h 51 m
Campaign: ILAS VALIDATION 97
Payload weight: 861 kgs
Gondola weight: 504 kgs
External references
- Calibration and quality assessment of DESCARTES: grabsampler for stratospheric tracers Doctoral thesis by Arvelius, Johan, Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Space Science (2005
- CIO in der arktischen Stratosphäre Ph.D thesis by Ulf Winkler,
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
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