Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 2/19/1999 at 14.43
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Montgolfier Infrared 45.000 m3
Balloon serial number: MIR 45 Nº 16
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/8/1999 at 15.00
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 17 d
Landing site: In the Canada coast at 54º 97' N - 56º 70' W
Campaign: THESEO (Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone) take place during 1998-99 to improve the understanding of the causes of ozone depletion over Europe and other mid-latitude regions. It involved more than 400 scientists from over 20 countries.
Payload weight: 45 kgs
Gondola weight: 19 kgs
External references
- Accuracy of analyzed stratospheric temperatures in the winter Arctic vortex from infrared Montgolfier long-duration balloon flights 1. Measurements J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20)
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
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