Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 3/10/2009 at 4:21
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 150z Zodiac - 150.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/10/2009 at 9:00
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): ~ 5 h
Landing site: Near the town of Muodoslompolo, in Finland
External references
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
- Long-term validation of ESA operational retrieval (version 6.0) of MIPAS Envisat vertical profiles of methane, nitrous oxide, CFC11, and CFC12 using balloon-borne observations and trajectory matching Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 1051-1062, 2016
Images of the mission
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