Purpose of the flight and payload description
Infrared telescope
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/30/1984 at 7:11 local
Launch site: Base di Lancio Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Balloon launched by: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/31/1984
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 18 h 20 m
Landing site: 50 km E of Jerez, Spain
Campaign: ODISSEA 84
External references
- A five-band differential IR photometer for balloon-borne observations of diffuse sky radiation Infrared Physics - Volume 26, Issue 5, September 1986, Pages 279285
- Measurements of near- and far-infrared zodiacal dust emission Astronomical JournaL, vol. 93, Feb. 1987, p. 467-473
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