Purpose of the flight and payload description
This detector system is a Cerenkov-Range-dE/dx experiment and utilizes range and trajectory detectors made of scintillating optical fibers, a fused silica Cerenkov counter, and plastic scintillator dE/dx counters to determine the charge and mass of cosmic ray nuclei.
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/28/1988 at 11:50 utc
Launch site: Prince Albert Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon SF3-424.37-080-NSCR-02
Balloon serial number: W29.47-2-05
Flight identification number: 256N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/29/1988 at 13:05 utc
Landing site: 3 miles ESE of Malta, Montana, US
External references
- Launch in Canada Concludes Successful Cosmic Ray Campaign Goddard News, November 1988, p. 3
- Recent results in the NASA research balloon program 27th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 1989
- The First Balloon Flight and Accelerator Calibration of the Scintillating Optical Fiber Isotope Experiment Thesis (PH.D.) by Hink, Paul L. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 1992.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-02, Section: B, page: 0884. (citation only)
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