Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/23/1982 at 20:59 utc
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 15.000 m3
Flight identification number: B15-2N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/24/1982 at 3:36 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 6 h
External references
- Balloon observations of auroral X-rays at Esrange, Sweden and related phenomena Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issueNo.31 (Jul. 1984)
- Geomagnetic effect on electromagnetic field strength of power line radiation over northern Europe observed on the balloons B15-1N and B15-2N Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue. Vol. 36 Pag. 181
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
- Magnetospheric substorm studies using balloons Advances in Space Research, Volume 26, Issue 9, 2000, Pag. 1379
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