Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 12/3/1983
Launch site: Paardefontein Tracking Station, Pretoria, Southafrica
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Études 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): 12/??/1983
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 19 d
Landing site: In the Pacific Ocean at 170º Long. East
External references
- First results of a stratospheric experiment using a montgolfiere infra-rouge (MIR) Advances in Space Research, Volume 5, Issue 1, p. 27
- La campagne de lancement de montgolfieres a infrarouge: Pretoria 83 COSPAR Information Bulletin, 1984(100), 47
- La Letre du CNES Nº 91 - StratoCat's private collection
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