Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/3/1952
Launch site: University of Minnesota Airport, New Brighton, US
Balloon launched by: General Mills Inc.
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon General Mills 1161 (A 3273)
Balloon serial number:
Flight identification number: Developmental flight # 23
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/3/1952
Landing site: Balloon destroyed by surface wind. Not launched
External references
- Progress report of research and development in the field of high altitude plastic balloons Volume VI - From June 15, 1952 to December 22, 1952
Images of the mission
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