Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 3/13/1974
Launch site: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF), Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 329.213 m3 (12.70 Microns - Stratofilm)
Flight identification number: 812P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/13/1974
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 4 h 50 m
Payload weight: 523 Kgs.
External references
- Far infrared astronomy Sci. Prog., Oxf. (1979) 66, 119-150
- National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report FY 1974 National Center for Atmospheric Research, December 1974
- Spectrum of the cosmic background radiation between 3 mm and 800 µm Nature, 251(5476), 591
- The spectrum of the background radiation between 3 mm and 800 µm wavelength Memorie della Società Astronomia Italiana, Vol. 45, p.681
Images of the mission
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