Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/29/2005 at 18:00 jst
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 B30 30.000 m3
Flight identification number: B30-71
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/30/2005
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 7 h
The balloon was launched at 18:08 local time on August, 29, 2005.
After a initial ascent phase it reached the float altitude of 33.8 kms.
External references
- Balloon-borne measurement of UV nightglow and clouds for the JEM-EUSO mission 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, MEXICO
- Ballooning activities in Japan Advances in Space Research 42 (2008) 1619
- ISAS news - September 2005
Images of the mission
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