Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/21/2025 at 14:53 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 150z Hemeria - 150.000 m3
Balloon serial number: 150 Z Nº 97
Flight identification number: NIMBUS 2
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/22/2025 at 4:35 UTC (L)
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 13 h 42 m
Landing site: 140 km S of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Payload weight: 651 kg
Overall weight: 1365 kg
External references
Images of the mission
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