Purpose of the flight and payload description
An experiment that made a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background first order (dipole) anisotropy and set stringent limits on higher order CMB anisotropies. It was a test bed and precursor for the 90 GHz (3-mm wavelength) of the COBE satellite.
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/19/1982 at 17:16
Launch site: Balloon Launch Sector, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
Balloon launched by: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 74.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/19/1982
Landing site: Found after two years in a forest in Tapiraí , Sao Paulo, Brazil
No data if was completed the separation of the scientific experience from the balloon.
External references
- A map of the cosmic background radiation at 3 millimeters Astrophysical Journal, Part 2, vol. 298, Nov. 1, 1985, p. L1-L5
- Measurement of the large-scale anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation at 3 MM Ph.D Thesis by Gerald Lewis Epstein, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
- Measurement of the large-scale anisotropy of the cosmic background radiation at 3 mm Ph.D. Thesis by Gerald Lewis Epstein
- Observations of the large scale anisotropy in the Cosmic Background Radiation at 3 mm Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. LBNL Report #: LBL-18759
- Pesquisas realizadas em 1982 a bordo de baloes Revista Espacial Año 11 Nº 48 - Enero 1983
Images of the mission
StratoCat is an independent, non-commercial project maintained to preserve and share the history of scientific and stratospheric ballooning. If you find the site useful, you can help keep it running with a small donation toward its operating costs. Every contribution, even the equivalent of a cup of coffee, is greatly appreciated.
