Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 4/27/1980
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 11.600.000 cuft (0.5 Mils Cap. 0.9 mils- Stratofilm)
Balloon serial number: 319.18 0.5 NSCR 0.8 Cap. SN:87
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 4/27/1980
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 9 h 10 m
Landing site: 66 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US
Payload weight: 916 lbs
External references
- Solar irradiance variation near 2075 Å J. Geophys. Res., 89( D6), 9677
- Solar ultraviolet variation between 1977 and 1983 Journal of Geophysical Research, 89 (D5), 7322
- Solar variability in the spectral range 2350 - 2870 Å Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 88, Aug. 20, 1983, p. 6797
- Summary of Balloon Flights launched from H.A.F.B. NM (1962 thru 1987) U.S. Gov. National Archives
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