Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/22/2023 at 4:53 utc
Launch site: Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base, Ontario, Canada
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 400z Hemeria 400.000 m3
Flight identification number: NIMBUS-3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/22/2023 at 10:20 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 h 10 m
Landing site: 56 km W of Gogama, Ontario, Canada
External references
- HICIBAS website
Université Laval - Information on the Strato Science 2023 balloon launch campaign Canadian Space Agency website
- Telescope on Tuesday morning balloon flight could help study far away planets Timmins Press
Images of the mission
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