Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 1/25/2000 at 19.46
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 50SF Zodiac - 50.000 m3
Balloon serial number: 50SF Nº 11
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 1/25/2000 at ~ 23.15
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 3 h 34 m
Campaign: THESEO 2000
Payload weight: 655 kgs
Gondola weight: 282 kgs
External references
- An overview of the SOLVE/THESEO 2000 campaign Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), Volume 107, Issue D20, pp. SOL 1-1
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
- THESEO 2000 web site at NILU server
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