Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/1/1986
Launch site: Ainsworth Municipal Airport, Nebraska, US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon SF-178.12-070-NSCHR
Balloon serial number: W2.0-0-01
Flight identification number: 207N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/1/1986
Landing site: Baloon failure at launch. Ainsworth, Nebraska, US
External references
- Balloon flight records of the National Scientific Balloon Facility
- Project Stratoprobe a partial success Zephyr Magazine, Environment Canada, Dec. 1986, Pag. 8
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