POKER-HXR81M

Sitio de lanzamiento: Base de Lanzamiento Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicilia, Italia  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 21/7/1981  
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Winzen 30.090.000 cuft (0.6 Mils - 2xCaps. 0.9 Mils - Stratofilm)
Nº de serie del globo: 424.70-0.6-NSCR 0.9 Caps. (2) SN:1
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 21/7/1981 21:30 utc
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): 16 h 02 m
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: En Llerena a 100 km al N de Sevilla, España
Campaña: ODISSEA 81  
Peso carga útil: 1.400 kgs

• Bilan de la campagne des vols de ballons transméditerranéens COSPAR Information Bulletin Vol.1982, Issue 93, Pag. 85
• Design and performance of a one square meter proportional counter system for hard X-ray astronomy Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Vol. 214, No. 2 - 3, p. 481
• Evidence of hard X-ray emission from three clusters of galaxies Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 279, April 15, 1984, p. 515
• Hard X-ray measurements of A0535+26 during low state In Max-Planck Inst. Phys. and Astrophys. Accreting Neutron Stars p 117-120
• Hard X-ray observations of the HER X-1 line feature In Max-Planck Inst. Phys. and Astrophys. Accreting Neutron Stars p 121
• Hard X-ray variability of three active galactic nuclei Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 284, Sept. 1, 1984, p. 54
• Hard X-rays emission from active galactic nuclei Advances in Space Research, Volume 3, Issue 10-12, p. 211
• Low state hard X-ray emission from A0535 + 26 Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 127, no. 2, Nov. 1983, p. 333
• New evidence of hard X-ray emission from 4U0515+38 Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 131, no. 2, Feb. 1984, p. 229
• Flight Summary of balloons made of Stratofilm - 1981 to 1983, Technical report, Winzen Research International. Circa 1984 - Stratocat's private collection
• Results from the HXR 81 M Hard X-Rays Sky Survey Experiment 18th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Bangalore, India, 1983. Volume 9, p.1
• Scientific balloons: historical remarks Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.783 (2008)
• The POKER experiment: A 10,800 cm2 MWPC's array payload for hard X-Ray Astronomy Advances in Space Research, Volume 3, Issue 4, p. 87