Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/23/1971
Launch site: Joe Foss field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US
Balloon launched by: Raven Industries Inc.
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): ??/??/1971
External references
- Charge and energy spectra of heavy cosmic rays 14th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Vol.1, p.251
- Mean Isotopic Composition of Cosmic Rays with 12< Z<=26 at 2. 7 to 3. 0 GV 13th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Vol.1, p.115
- Mean isotopic composition of cosmic-ray iron at intermediate energies 14th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Vol.1, p.379
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