Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/15/1998 at 6:38
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 100z 100.000 m3
Balloon serial number: 100Z Nº 97
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/15/1998 at ~ 8:30
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 1 h 52 m
Landing site: Near launch site.
Campaign: SABINE (Summer Arctic Balloon International Experiment)
Payload weight: 718 kgs
Gondola weight: 420 kgs
External references
- Flight Test Results from ORION report of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - France
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
- New Recovery Systems for Stratospheric Balloon Gondola 14th ESA Symposium held 31 May-3 June, 1999 in Potsdam, Germany
Images of the mission
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