Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 4/27/1992 at 7:32 utc
Launch site: Australian Balloon Launching Station, Alice Springs, Australia
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon SF3-317.60-080-NSCHR-ST
Balloon serial number: W11.82-1-11
Flight identification number: 328N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 4/27/1992 at 8:27 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 1 h
Landing site: Ruby Gorge, Northwestern Territories, Australia
External references
- Balloon mounted infrared telescope BICE Tianwen Monthly Report May 1995, Pag 222 (In Japanese)
- Balloon-Borne Far-Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy. Future Observational Directions. Conference held at the University of Calgary; Alberta; June 16-19; 1992, p. 373
- NASA Balloon Flights (19891998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
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