Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/5/2004 at 8:50 jst
Launch site: Sanriku Balloon Center, Iwate, Japan
Balloon launched by: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model BU30 (ultra thin) 30.000 m3
Flight identification number: BU30-3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 9/5/2004
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 3 h
External references
- Ballooning activities in Japan Advances in Space Research 42 (2008) 1619
- ISAS press release JAXA website
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