Purpose of the flight and payload description
The balloon carried instrument to measure his performance Apparently several balloons were launched that month
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/9/1978
Launch site: Paardefontein Tracking Station, Pretoria, Southafrica
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Super Pressure Balloon 214 m3
Flight identification number: T06-33
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/4/1978
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 28 d
Landing site: Last heard from listening station near Pretoria, Southafrica
External references
- Comportement thermique de ballons pressurises stratospheriques et flux infrarouge tellurique Advances in Space Research Volume 1, Issue 11, 1981, Pages 183190
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