Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 1/25/1998 at 12:03 jst
Launch site: Kagoshima Space Center, Uchinoura, Japan
Balloon launched by: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model BT5 5.000 m3
Flight identification number: BT5-15
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 1/25/1998
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 h 45 m
External references
- Information about the flight (In Japanese) ISAS News No.203, 1998.2
- Scientific ballooning in Japan Advances in Space Research, Volume 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pag.1095
- Scientific observations with balloons Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Annual Handbook 1997 (In Japanese)
Images of the mission
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