Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 1/12/2001 at 10:26
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 400z 400.000 m3
Balloon serial number: 400Z Nº 60
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 1/12/2001 at ~ 12:40
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 2 h 18 m
Campaign: ARCHEOPS
Payload weight: 838 kgs
Gondola weight: 475 kgs
External references
- ARCHEOPS website
- A simple and reliable star sensor for spinning payloads AIP Conference Proceedings 616, 52 (2002)
- Archeops results C. R. Physique 4 (2003)
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
Images of the mission
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