Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 6/2/2005
Launch site: Sanriku Balloon Center, Iwate, Japan
Balloon launched by: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model B15 15.000 M3
Flight identification number: B15-85
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/2/2005
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 4 h 34 m
External references
- Ballooning activities in Japan Advances in Space Research 42 (2008) 1619
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