Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 3/5/2000 at 15:14 utc
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 335.000 m3 - SF-4.001-.8/.8-NA
Balloon serial number: R4.00-1-18
Flight identification number: 479N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/5/2000 at 18:29 utc
Landing site: 133 miles from Esrange, Sweden
Campaign: SOLVE
External references
- An overview of the SOLVE/THESEO 2000 campaign Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), Volume 107, Issue D20, pp. SOL 1-1
- Calibration and quality assessment of DESCARTES: grabsampler for stratospheric tracers Doctoral thesis by Arvelius, Johan, Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Space Science (2005
- Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 107(D20), 2001
- Dual-beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer Atmospheric Observations Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Images of the mission
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