Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/8/1997 at 7:15 utc
Launch site: Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven 11L - 335.000 m3 - SF3-11.82-.8/.8-NA
Balloon serial number: W11.82-1E-02
Flight identification number: 436N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/8/1997 at 13:58 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 7 h
Landing site: 21 miles NW of Nenana, Alaska, US
Campaign: POLARIS
Payload weight: 2875 lbs
External references
- MkIV Interferometer Atmospheric Observations Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASA Balloon Flights (19891998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
Images of the mission
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