Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/4/1980
Launch site: Base di Lancio Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Balloon launched by: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 350.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/4/1980
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 18 h 38 m
Landing site: In Merida, Badajoz, Spain
Campaign: ODISSEA 80
Payload weight: 700 kgs
Transmediterranean flight
External references
- Bilan de la campagne 1980 de vols de ballons transméditerranéens COSPAR Information Bulletin Vol.1981, Issue 90, Pag. 64
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