Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/19/1968 at 9:12 cdt
Launch site: University of Minnesota Airport, New Brighton, US
Balloon launched by: Litton Industries Inc.
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon SF-85.4-150-NS-06
Flight identification number: LITTON 3048
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/19/1968
Landing site: 5 miles E of Ellsworth, Minnesota, US
External references
- Solar-tracker balloon flights 3048, 3049, and 3050 Final report (1968) Technical Report - Litton Systems, Inc.; Minneapolis, MN, United States
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