Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 4/21/1977
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
External references
- Instrumental Effects on a Proposed Mg 2 Index of Solar Activity Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 6, No. 5, 531 (1988)
- Solar irradiance variation near 2075 Å J. Geophys. Res., 89( D6), 9677
- Solar ultraviolet irradiance at 40 kilometers in the stratosphere J. Geophys. Res., 86(A2), 555
- Solar ultraviolet variation between 1977 and 1983 Journal of Geophysical Research, 89 (D5), 7322
- Solar variability in the spectral range 2350 - 2870 Å. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 88, Aug. 20, 1983, p. 6797
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