Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 12/2/1979
Launch site: Regional Airport do Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 104.489 m3 (15 microns) - Stratofilm
Flight identification number: 164N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 12/2/1979
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 11 h 20 m
Payload weight: 490 kgs
External references
- Direção e intensidade dos ventos em camadas de 20 à 50 km de altitude na região equatorial e sua aplicação em vôos de balões estratosféricos Internal report - INPE-1825/RPE 191 - (1980)
- National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report FY 1980 National Center for Atmospheric Research, April 1981
- Operação conjunta INPE / NCAR estuda a poluição do ar e mede Radiação Gama Revista Espacial Año IX Nº 36 - Mayo 1980
Images of the mission
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