Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 2/18/2000 at 16.22
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Montgolfier Infrared 45.000 m3
Balloon serial number: MIR 45 Nº 14
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 2/20/2000
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 2 d
Landing site: Payload retrieved from Hudson Bay, Canadá.
Campaign: THESEO 2000
Payload weight: 49 kgs
Gondola weight: 37 kgs
External references
- Accuracy of analyzed stratospheric temperatures in the winter Arctic vortex from infrared Montgolfier long-duration balloon flights 1. Measurements J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20)
- An overview of the SOLVE/THESEO 2000 campaign Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), Volume 107, Issue D20, pp. SOL 1-1
- In situ observations of gravity waves and comparisons with numerical simulations during the SOLVE/THESEO 2000 campaign J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20), 8292
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
- THESEO 2000 web site at NILU server
Images of the mission
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