Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/27/2019
Launch site: Dachaidan district, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, China
Balloon launched by: Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR-CAS)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
Flight identification number: HH-19-8A-Q5
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/27/2019
The balloon was launched from Dachaidan, during the early morning of August 27, 2019 in coincidence with a geomagnetic disturbance. After a flight at an altitude of between 22km and 24km, the payload was recovered safely at noon that same day.
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