Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 6/13/1985 at 1:54 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 N.405-19-19T-184.0
Balloon serial number: R6.497-2-101
Flight identification number: 1400P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/13/1985 at 16:01 utc
Landing site: 50 miles SE of Ft. Stockton, 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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