Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/25/1976
Launch site: Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Balloon launched by: SED Systems Ltd. (Saskatoon)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen - 6.020.000 cuft (0.5 mil. NSCH - Cap. 0.6)
Balloon serial number: Serial Nº 2
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/26/1976
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 22 h 30 m
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
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