Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/3/1992
Launch site: Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Montgolfier Infrared 7.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/2/1992
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 30 d
Payload weight: 50 kgs
External references
- The long duration MIR balloon 12th ESA symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and related research - Norway - 1995
- Vertical sounding balloons for long duration flights Advances in Space Research - Vol. 14, 2, Feb.1994, Pag. 53
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