Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/20/1986 at
Launch site: Australian Balloon Launching Station, Alice Springs, Australia
Balloon launched by: ABLS
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 14.000.000 cuft
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): ??/??/1986 at ??
Balloon flight duration (d:days / h:hours / m:minutes): 12 h
Landing site: --- No Data ---
Payload weight: 1.905 lbs
External references
- A Balloon-Borne X-Ray Astronomy Telescope for the 20-130 KEV Energy Range 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference Moscow, Volume 2, p.285
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- Energy spectrum and pulse profiles of the binary pulsar GX 1 + 4 Advances in Space Research Volume 11, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 35-39
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- GX 1+4 Energy Dependence of Pulse Profiles 21st International Cosmic Ray Conference. Volume 1, p.32
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- Hard X-ray observations of Sco X-1 and GX 1+4 PhD thesis by Stefan W. Dieters, University of Tasmania, 1990
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- Hard X-Ray Spectral and Temporal Observations of SCO X-1 21st International Cosmic Ray Conference. Volume 1, p.29
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- Observations and modelling of the hard X-ray emission from GX 1 + 4 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 260, no. 1, p. 21
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- Period changes in the X-ray pulsar GX 1 + 4 Astronomical Society of Australia, Proceedings, vol. 8, no. 2, 1989, p. 166
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- Resumed spin-up in GX 1+4 Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 208, no. 1-2, Jan. 1989, p. L1-L4
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- Scientific ballooning in Australia Indian J. Radio Space Phys., Vol. 20, No. 3/4, p. 193
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- Scientific balloons: historical remarks Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.783 (2008)
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