Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 2/16/1974
Launch site: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 588.994 m3 (20.32 Microns - Stratofilm)
Flight identification number: 810P
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 8 h 5 m
Payload weight: 2243 Kgs.
External references
- A magnetic spectrometer for cosmic ray studies Nuclear Instruments and Methods Vol.148, Issue 1, Pag. 179
- National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report FY 1974 National Center for Atmospheric Research, December 1974
- Rigidity Spectrum of Iron-Group Nuclei. (Abstract) 14th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 1975. Volume 1, p.288
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