Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: June 1981
Launch site: Paardefontein Tracking Station, Pretoria, Southafrica
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Montgolfier Infrared 36.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): June 1981
Landing site: Failed flight
External references
- Les ballons au service de la recherche. L'aérostation scientifique des origines à nos jours. Editions Edite & IFHE (Institut Français de l'Histoire de l'Espace) 2011, Pag. 322-323
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