Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/20/1979
Launch site: Volsk Balloon Facility, Saratov, Russian Federation
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/??/1979
Campaign: GRISP (Gamma-Ray India Soviet Project).
External references
- Diffuse component of gamma-radiation with E(gamma) greater than or equal to 5 MeV measured by high altitude balloons 18th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol. 1 p.157
- Dr. Shashikant Vinayak Damle memorial website created by Vladimir G. Tyshkevich
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