Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/8/2005 at 13:39
Launch site: Roswell Industrial Air Center, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: USAF
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Airship - 146 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/8/2005 at 18:14
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 h
Landing site: 103 miles E-SE of Roswell, New Mexico just across the state line in Texas.
External references
- High-Altitude LTA Airship Efforts at the U.S. Army SMDC/ARSTRAT 18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference
- The HiSentinel Airship 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference
Images of the mission
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