Purpose of the flight and payload description
SCRIBE is a balloon-borne, high resolution Fourier transform spectrometer designed to measure atmospheric emission at stratospheric altitudes with high resolution (0.06 cm) and high sensitivity.
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 6/25/1987
Launch site: Roswell Industrial Air Center, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven - SV-001C - 5.025.000 cuft
Flight identification number: H87-06
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/25/1987
Landing site: On the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US
Payload weight: 3105 lbs
External references
- AFGL Balloon History since 7/7/1982 in Operational climatology for research ballooning in south central New Mexico (1988)
- Engineering and Instrumentation Support of the AFGL research balloon program Final rept. 7 Mar 1984 - 30 Nov 1987
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