Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 10/31/1966
Launch site: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Schjeldhal Main 3.200.000 cuft (GT-12) Top 147.000 cuft (GT-11) Mylar Scrim
Flight identification number: 261P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/31/1966
Landing site: Flight aborted before launch; wind at top balloon level
Payload weight: 4479 lbs.
External references
- Balloon Flight Record Facilities for Atmospheric Research Nº 2, Winter 1966/67
- NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report, 1966 National Center for Atmospheric Research, January 1967
- Spectrostratoscope: A Balloon-Borne Solar Observatory Applied Optics Vol. 3, Issue 12, pp. 1359-1361 (1964)
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