CAPRICE (Cosmic AntiParticle Ring Imaging Cherenkov).

A balloon-borne magnetic spectrometer to study cosmic rays.

Balloon launched on: 5/28/1998 at 14:13 utc
Launch site: Scientific Flight Balloon Facility, Fort Sumner, (NM), US  
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 39.570.000 cuft - SF3-39.57-.8/.8/.8/.8-NHR
Balloon serial number: W39.57-3-12
Flight identification number: 452N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/29/1998 at 14:52 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 20 h
Landing site: 15 miles N of Heber, Arizona, US

• CAPRICE website University of Siegen
• Energy spectra of atmospheric muons measured with the CAPRICE98 balloon experiment Physical review D: Particles and fields 67 (7)
• High-energy deuteron measurement with the CAPRICE98 experiment Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, Volume 113, Issues 1-3, 2002, Pag. 88
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
• The Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra measured with the CAPRICE98 balloon experiment Astroparticle Physics Volume 19, Issue 5, August 2003, Pag. 583