Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/6/1980 at N
Launch site: TIFR National Balloon Facility, Hyderabad, India
Balloon launched by: National Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen Stratofilm (tow + main) 143.300 m3
Flight identification number: 351
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): ??/??/1980
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 6 h 15 m
Campaign: GRISP (Gamma-Ray India Soviet Project).
Payload weight: 643 kgs
Overall weight: 1.061 kgs
Succesfull flight
External references
- Balloon observations of the 5-100 MeV gamma rays from the Crab Nebula Pisma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, vol. 10, Feb. 1984, p. 104
- Diffuse component of gamma-radiation with E(gamma) greater than or equal to 5 MeV measured by high altitude balloons 18th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol. 1 p.157
- Dr. Shashikant Vinayak Damle memorial website created by Vladimir G. Tyshkevich
- Gamma-radiation with E gamma 5 MeV detected from Seyfert galaxy 3C120 and region with 1" = 190 deg and b" = 20 deg 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf., Vol. 1 p 277
- The observation of discrete gamma-ray sources with E(gamma) not less than 5 MeV from galactic anticenter region 18th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol. 1 p.102
- The observation of discrete gamma-ray sources with E(gamma) not less than 5 MeV from galactic anticenter region International Cosmic Ray Conference, 18th, Bangalore, India, August 22-September 3, 1983
- The Observation of the Galactic Anticenter Region by the Balloon Borne Gamma-Ray Telescope Natalya-I Proceedings of Symposium 2 of the COSPAR 24th meeting, p. 53
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