Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/19/1985 at 7:40 utc
Launch site: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF), Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon SF379.91-050-NSCR-08
Balloon serial number: W20.11-2-20
Flight identification number: 1393P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/19/1985 at 22:13 utc
Landing site: 22 miles N Lampassas, Texas, Us
External references
- Stratospheric profiles of HCl and CH4 at 32 deg N obtained on project Stratoprobe from 1978 to 1985 Advances in Space Research, vol. 7, no. 9, 1987, p. 127-131
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