Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/17/1989 at 8:27 utc
Launch site: Australian Balloon Launching Station, Alice Springs, Australia
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon N29-8/8/8T-28.40
Balloon serial number: R28.40-2-117
Flight identification number: 269N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/17/1989 at 20:18 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 10 h
Landing site: 31 miles SSE of Tambo, Queensland, Australia
External references
- Hard X-ray observation of Centaurus A Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 97, no. 1, p. 105-108
- Hard X-Ray observation of galactic center region AIP Conf. Proc. 232, 61 (1991)
- Hard X-ray observation of GRS 1758-258 Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 97, no. 1, p. 169
- Hard x-ray observation of SCO X-1 in the range 15-160 keV AIP Conf. Proc. 232, 364 (1991)
- In-Flight Performance of the Hard X-Ray Balloon-Borne Experiment "Poker" 21st International Cosmic Ray Conference. Volume 4, p.216
- Variability of the Galactic center in the hard X-ray range Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters, vol. 385, Jan. 20, 1992, p. L17-L20
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