Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 12/9/2001 at 20:28
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 20
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 12/10/2001 at ~00:50
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 4 h 20 m
Campaign: ARCHEOPS II
Payload weight: 651 kgs
Gondola weight: 288 kgs
External references
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
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