Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 12/1/1995 at 15:52 utc
Launch site: Virgen del Camino Airport, León, Spain
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 100sf Zodiac - 100.000 m3
Balloon serial number: 100 SF Nº 224
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 12/1/1995 at ~ 17:20
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 2 h 26 m
Payload weight: 468 kgs
Gondola weight: 210 kgs
External references
- CNES balloon division operations logs provided to StratoCat by Mr. Pierre Faucon
- Payload motions detected by balloon-borne fluxgate-type magnetometers Advances in Space Research, Volume 26, Issue 9, Pag. 1423 (2000)
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