TELESCOPIO DE RAYOS-X

Sitio de lanzamiento: TIFR National Balloon Facility, Hyderabad, India  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 5/4/1971 21:19 utc
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Winzen Stratofilm (main+tow) - 88.000 m3
Nº de vuelo: 229
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 6/4/1971 3:15 utc
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): F 3 h 45 m
Peso carga útil: 283 kgs
Peso Total: 546 kgs

Vuelo Exitoso.

• Balloon Flight Report 1969 -2003 TIFR website (via Archive.Org)
• Energy Spectrum and Time Variations of Hard X-Rays from Cyg X-1 Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp.408
• Intensity and Energy Spectra of Several X-Ray Sources in the 20-150 KeV Energy Band 12th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Vol.1, p.20
• Observation of a Hard X-ray Flare in Cyg X-1 Nature Physical Science, Volume 238, Issue 80, pp. 22-23 (1972)
• Rapid Variations in the High Energy X-ray Flux from Cyg X-1 Nature, Volume 232, Issue 5305, pp. 38-40 (1971)
• Short Period Variations in the Intensity and Energy Spectrum of Cyg-X-1 12th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Vol.1, p.26
• Upper Limits on Pulsations from Cyg X-1 in Hard X-Rays Nature Physical Science, Volume 232, Issue 35, pp. 190 (1971)