Purpose of the flight and payload description
Coronagraph wich creates artificial eclipses of the sun to study the corona.
Mini-documentary on the Coronascope mission
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 3/5/1964 at 7:00 cst
Launch site: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station, Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 3.200.000 cuft (Dacron & Mylar scrim GT-11)
Flight identification number: 35P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/5/1964
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): ~ 7 h
Payload weight: 1700 pounds
During this flight Coronascope II secured 118 photographs of the solar corona from 1.8 to 5.25 solar radii from the center of the disk at an altitude of 100,000 ft.
External references
- Coronascope II: observation of the white light corona from a stratospheric balloon Annales d'Astrophysique, Vol. 28, p.234
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 13, March 1964
Images of the mission
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