Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/8/1975
Launch site: Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 435.858 m3 (17.78 Microns - Stratofilm)
Flight identification number: 109N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/8/1975
Payload weight: 1781 kgs
External references
- A study of the far-infrared emission spectrum of the stratosphere Ph.D Thesis by Kendall, David John Winston, University of Calgary, 1979
- National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report FY 1978 National Center for Atmospheric Research, January 1979
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