Objetivo del vuelo y descripción de la carga útil
Detalles de la misión
Sitio de lanzamiento: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, EEUU
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 19/5/1976
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Winzen 576.534 m3 (12.70 microns - Stratofilm)
Nº de vuelo: 968P
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 19/5/1976 ??
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): F 9 h 10 m
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: In Ranger, Texas, EE.UU
Peso carga útil: 920 kgs.
Referencias externas
- Balloon-borne ultraviolet stellar echelle spectrograph Applied Optics Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp. 604-613 (1978)
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- Balloon-borne ultraviolet stellar spectrograph. I - Instrumentation and observation. II - Highlights of first observational results Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 230, June 1, 1979, p. 526-539
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- Circumstellar absorption lines in the ultraviolet spectrum of Alpha Scorpii /M1.5 IAB + B2.5V Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 82, no. 1-2, Feb. 1980, p. 14-29
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- Evidence for a supersonic turbulent velocity gradient in the outer photosphere of the supergiant alpha Cygni (A2Ia) Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 141, no. 2, Dec. 1984, p. 304-308
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- Interstellar absorption lines between 2000 and 3000 A in nearby stars observed with BUSS Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 157, no. 1, March 1986, p. 119-128
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- National Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report FY 1976 National Center for Atmospheric Research, March 1977
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- Science balloon lands on Ranger Abilene Reporter News, May 21, 1976, Page 15
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- The BUSS spectrum of Beta Lyrae Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 126, no. 1, Sept. 1983, p. 115-120
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- Weather balloon drapes power lines Abilene Reporter News, May 21, 1976, Page 100
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- White mass from the sky is balloon Abilene Reporter News, May 21, 1976, Page 78
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