Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/30/1990
Launch site: Sanriku Balloon Center, Iwate, Japan
Balloon launched by: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model B30 30.000 m3
Flight identification number: B30-60
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/30/1990
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 1 h
Landing site: Balloon failure at 10 km
External references
- Balloon mounted infrared telescope BICE Tianwen Monthly Report May 1995, Pag 222 (In Japanese)
- Balloon observations in Space Research in Japan, 1992
- Scientific observations with balloons Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Annual Handbook 1990 (In Japanese)
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