Purpose of the flight and payload description
Technological experience from CNES
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/6/1977 at 4:45 utc
Launch site: Base di Lancio Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Balloon launched by: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 330.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/7/1977
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 22 h 20 m
Landing site: In Aracena, Sevilla, Spain
Campaign: ODISSEA 77
Payload weight: 450 kg
Overall weight: 670 kg
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- Balloon research and cooperative programmes Adv. Space Res. Vol.3,No.7,pp.103,1983
- Trans-Mediterranean Flights 5th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research. p.219, 1980
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