Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/20/1968 at 6:08 mst
Launch site: Rapid City, South Dakota, US
Balloon launched by: Winzen Research Inc.
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
Flight identification number: WRI 1082
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/20/1968 at 13:31 mst
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 5 h 17 m
Landing site: 10 miles SE of Kimball, Nebraska, US
External references
- High altitude radiation measurements : quarterly report : 1 October 1968 - 31 December 1968 Bartman, Fred L. (Fred Lester); Gunar, G. E.
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