Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 3/29/1980 at 02:00
Launch site: Balloon Launch Sector, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
Balloon launched by: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon N405-15T74 - 100.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/29/1980 at ~ 16:00
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 14 h
Landing site: In Capivari, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Payload weight: 250 kgs
External references
- Measurement of the 0.511-MEV Gamma-Ray Line from the Galactic Center Revista Mexicana De Astronomia Y Astrof. V.5:3, P. 131, 1982
- Medida da emissao continua em raios gamma de baixa energia na direccao do centro galactico INPE Report Nº 2483-PRE/167 July 1982
- Medidas da raia de aniquilacao eletron-positron em 511 Kev emitida pelo centro galactico Ciencia e Cultura, 34 (8), August 1982
- Técnica dinâmica para lançamento de balões estratosféricos com experimentos a bordo de mais de 500 kg Internal report - INPE-1821/RPE 187 - (1980)
- Telescópio SOURCE voa novamente - INPE aplica nova técnica de lançamento de balões Revista Espacial Año IX Nº 36 - Mayo 1980
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