Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/10/1965
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (AFCRL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Schjeldahl - 1.600.000 cuft (GT-11)
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 9/10/1965
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 10 h
Landing site: 35 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US
Payload weight: 3010 lbs
External references
- Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 21, December 1965
- Moisture contamination at altitude by balloon and associated equipment J. Geophys. Res., 71(15), 3775
- Summary of Balloon Flights launched from H.A.F.B. NM (1962 thru 1987) U.S. Gov. National Archives
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