Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/3/2000 at 16:05 utc
Launch site: Scientific Flight Balloon Facility, Fort Sumner, (NM), US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 145.000 m3 - SF-230.75-050-NSCHR-01
Balloon serial number: W5.115-2-02
Flight identification number: 481NT
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/3/2000 at 16:10 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 m
Landing site: 200 meters from launch pad, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US
External references
- ULDB Recovery System Test Wallops Flight Facility website (via Archive.Org)
Images of the mission
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