Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/31/1984
Launch site: Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven - SV-017B - 5.140.000 cuft
Flight identification number: H84-15
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/31/1984
Landing site: Balloon failure during inflation. Aborted flight
Payload weight: 3642 lbs
External references
- AFGL Balloon History since 7/7/1982 in Operational climatology for research ballooning in south central New Mexico (1988)
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