Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 12/6/1963 at 6:53 mst
Launch site: Page Airport, Arizona, US
Balloon launched by: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 9.000.000 cuft (0.75 mil)
Flight identification number: 26P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 12/6/1963
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): ~1 h
Landing site: Balloon burst at 53.000 ft. Payload recovered 10 milles NE of Shonto, Arizona, US
Payload weight: 381 pds
External references
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 13, March 1964
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